MESMERIZED Definition & Meaning

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mesmerized

[ mez-muh-rahyzd, mes ]

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adjective

in a hypnotic or trancelike state; hypnotized:
“I could create the odor of any kind of fruit and make a mesmerized person taste and smell it,” wrote 19th-century psychic Phineas Quimby.
having the attention completely absorbed; fascinated, captivated, or spellbound:
At our first annual poetry slam, 28 students wielded their verbal prowess in front of a mesmerized audience of over 300.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of mesmerize.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of mesmerized¹

First recorded in 1825–35; mesmerize ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; mesmerize ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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When I got to “Last Tango,” it was later, but it mesmerized me because of what they were doing.

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Ali had recently beaten Frazier to earn a shot at Foreman, but he was also 32 and no longer the ringmaster whose speed and power mesmerized fans.

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It is not exclusive of many Americans to be often mesmerized by these illogical forms of thinking and its propaganda and spectacles.

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Jones recalled being mesmerized as King told the middle-class congregation about the role and responsibility to “help our less fortunate brothers and sisters who are struggling for their freedom in the South.”

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I have always been mesmerized by his work.

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