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• v  attract strongly, as if with a magnet
• v  induce hypnosis in
• s  having your attention fixated as though by a spell

• My friends often don't believe me when I say I can spend an entire evening listening to stories about garbage and be completely mesmerized.
• Jacob, 5, seems mesmerized equally by the bright illustrations and by the eighth-grader turning the pages.
• Jacqueline Onassis will be remembered for her timeline, for her participation in events and marriages that mesmerized the planet.

• magnetize
• mesmerize
• mesmerise
• magnetise
• bewitch
• spellbind
• hypnotize
• hypnotise
• fascinated
• hypnotized
• hypnotised
• mesmerised
• spellbound
• spell-bound
• transfixed

News & Articles

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• Expedition Hopes To Find La Salle's Long Lost Ship
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - As a teenager, Steve Libert was mesmerized by a teacher's stories of the brash 17th Century French explorer La Salle, who journeyed across the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi in a quest for a trade route to the Far East that
  June 15, 2013 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Shirtless Guy Climbs Electrical Tower, Only Comes Down When Offered Blanket
  A half-naked man kept a North Hollywood neighborhood mesmerized after climbing a high-powered transmission tower and refusing to come down for several hours. [ more › ]
  June 15, 2013 - LAist
• Expedition hopes to find La Salle ship
  As a teenager, Steve Libert was mesmerized by a teacher's stories of the brash 17th Century French explorer La Salle, who journeyed across the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi in a quest for a trade route to the Far East that he hoped would bring riches and renown.
  June 13, 2013 - FOX 11 Green Bay

Quotes

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• Michael Jackson in International Herald Tribune
  When I saw him move, I was mesmerized,Jackson said. "I knew that's what I wanted to do for the rest of my life because of James Brown."
• Martin Brodeur in USA Today
  They get mesmerized and too close to me,Brodeur said. "I said, 'Stay out of my blue.' I want to make sure I have room to move. We had to adjust because it was like a big huddle in front of the net."