hypnotize
verb (used with object)
to put in the hypnotic state.
had hypnotized
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past perfectof hypnotize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“And then I just opened up to her, as if she had hypnotized me.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Why create an unreal version of the calamity that had hypnotized us into muttering, “It’s unreal”?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2021
The night before, he had hypnotized the patient in her own room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Testifying for himself, he said he had hypnotized 25,000 people, and earned up to $15,000 a week doing it, without ever having had such a complaint before.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Taylor had hypnotized himself into the eerie world of horrors.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
