hypnotize

[ hip-nuh-tahyz ]

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verb (used with object),hyp·no·tized, hyp·no·tiz·ing.

to put in the hypnotic state.
to influence, control, or direct completely, as by personal charm, words, or domination: The speaker hypnotized the audience with his powerful personality.

to frighten or startle so that movement is impossible: The headlights hypnotized the deer and it just stood staring at the oncoming car.

verb (used without object),hyp·no·tized, hyp·no·tiz·ing.

to practice hypnosis; put or be able to put others into a hypnotic state.

Origin of hypnotize

First recorded in 1843; see origin at hypnotism, -ize

Also especially British, hyp·no·tise .

Other words from hypnotize

hyp·no·tiz·a·ble, adjective
hyp·no·tiz·a·bil·i·ty, noun
half-hyp·no·tized, adjective
re·hyp·no·tize, verb (used with object), re·hyp·no·tized, re·hyp·no·tiz·ing.
un·hyp·no·tiz·a·ble, adjective
un·hyp·no·tize, verb (used with object), un·hyp·no·tized, un·hyp·no·tiz·ing.

Words Nearby hypnotize

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How to use hypnotize in a sentence

In an effort to try to get him to remember details about the voice of the perpetrator, the ex-husband was hypnotized, but it proved unsuccessful.
Destroyed Evidence, Twisted Alibis, and Dead Priests at Center of Australian Murder Inquiry | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 27, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Think of it as lush lazies that come unannounced to hypnotize you, mind and body, into a state of inactive indulgence.
The Joy Of Idle Living | Sohini Das Gupta | August 29, 2021 | Ozy
Anyone watching this Mini scoot down the road could easily be hypnotized by the clever, spiral-like design etched onto the new wheels.
Two-door turn-ons | Joe Phillips | August 20, 2021 | Washington Blade
There’s just nothing quite as hypnotizing as molten rock—particularly when you’re nowhere near the show.
Watch Hypnotic Drone Footage of Boiling Lava Taken Inside Iceland Volcano’s Crater | Jason Dorrier | March 31, 2021 | Singularity Hub
There is a meditativeness to it, a silence, Kierk and Carmen hypnotized by the pair leaning over their tasks Talmudically, as if watching two medieval illustrators at their desks.
Blackout in the Brain Lab - Issue 98: Mind | Erik Hoel | March 24, 2021 | Nautilus

We'll go over thar in the mornin' early en I'll watch ye hypnotize her en Hulls, like ye did Logan.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
Tells how experts hypnotize at a glance, make others obey their commands.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 | Various
Moral: Don't let a pole hypnotize you with Fearthought—keep your Mind on the place to which you wish to go.
Nuggets of the New Thought | William Walker Atkinson,
The pole seemed to hypnotize him, and from that day he couldn't keep his front wheel away from it.
Nuggets of the New Thought | William Walker Atkinson,
On the other hand, the Paiute, from whom the ghost dance was derived, did not hypnotize.
Notes on the Kiowa Sun Dance | Leslie Spier

British Dictionary definitions for hypnotize

hypnotize

hypnotise

/ (ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz) /

verb(tr)

to induce hypnosis in (a person)
to charm or beguile; fascinate

Derived forms of hypnotize

hypnotizable or hypnotisable, adjective
hypnotizability or hypnotisability, noun
hypnotization or hypnotisation, noun
hypnotizer or hypnotiser, noun

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