hypnotize

[hip-nuh-tahyz] /ˈhɪp nəˌtaɪz/
verb (used with object), hypnotized, hypnotizing.
1.
to put in the hypnotic state.
2.
to influence, control, or direct completely, as by personal charm, words, or domination:
The speaker hypnotized the audience with his powerful personality.
3.
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), hypnotized, hypnotizing.
4.
to practice hypnosis; put or be able to put others into a hypnotic state.
Also, especially British, hypnotise.
Origin
1843; see hypnotism, -ize
Related forms
hypnotizable, adjective
hypnotizability, noun
half-hypnotized, adjective
rehypnotize, verb (used with object), rehypnotized, rehypnotizing.
unhypnotizable, adjective
unhypnotize, verb (used with object), unhypnotized, unhypnotizing.
Examples from the web for hypnotize
  • It doesn't help, it only helps to hypnotize and eventually anesthetize us to the horror of it all after a while.
  • The deep caramel flavor in this ice cream will hypnotize you.
  • Doctors complain that lab tests hypnotize patients to the exclusion of everything else.
  • He sought to hypnotize his readers and to command the world from his sickbed.
  • One legend held that the coyote could hypnotize a chicken on a roost and get it to fall, mesmerized, into its gaping jaws.
  • From the hoop snake that sticks its tail into its mouth and rolls after you to snakes that hypnotize their prey.
British Dictionary definitions for hypnotize

hypnotize

/ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz/
verb (transitive)
1.
to induce hypnosis in (a person)
2.
to charm or beguile; fascinate
Derived Forms
hypnotizable, hypnotisable, adjective
hypnotizability, hypnotisability, noun
hypnotization, hypnotisation, noun
hypnotizer, hypnotiser, noun
Word Origin and History for hypnotize
v.

1843, see hypnotic + -ize. Related: Hypnotized; hypnotizing.

hypnotize in Medicine

hypnotize hyp·no·tize (hĭp'nə-tīz')
v. hyp·no·tized, hyp·no·tiz·ing, hyp·no·tiz·es
To put a person into a state of hypnosis.

hyp'no·tiz'a·bil'i·ty n.
hyp'no·tiz'a·ble adj.
hyp'no·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n.