hypnotize
verb (used with object)
to put in the hypnotic state.
had been hypnotizing
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past perfect progressiveof hypnotize.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Ever since Kellogg and Mallin had come to the camp, Mallin had been hypnotizing himself into the just-silly-little-animals doctrine.
From Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
