(v) hypnotize, See Also: mesmerize, put in a trance, put to sleep, Syn. สะกดจิต, Thai Definition:บังคับให้หลับโดยอาศัยอำนาจจิตเป็นสื่อให้ผู้หลับกระทำตาม, บังคับให้หลับโดยอาศัยอำนาจเวทมนตร์, Notes:(เขมร)
(adj) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell, Syn. spellbinding, mesmeric, mesmerizing, Example:read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice; she had a warm mesmeric charm; the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing; a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mesmerized p. pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing ][ Also spelled mesmerise. ]1. To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep; to hypnotize. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To produce an intense fascination in; to spellbind. [ PJC ]