OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 21508

mesmerize

/ˈmɛzməɹaɪz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cautivar • fascinar • hipnotizar • mesmerizar
To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.
Mesmer had about a hundred people whom he had instructed as magnetisers, some of whom belonged to the nobility, who also "mesmerised" people by making passes over the affected part…