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HYPNOTIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hypnotize ... he / she / it hypnotizes
Past simple: hypnotized
Past participle: hypnotized
-ing form: hypnotizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Induce hypnosis in
Synonyms:
hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "hypnotize" is one way to...):
calm; sedate; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hypnotize"):
entrance; spellbind (put into a trance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot hypnotize Sue
Derivation:
hypnosis (a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion)
hypnotizer (a person who induces hypnosis)
