"mesmerize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛzməɹaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mesmerize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mesmerizes [present, singular, third-person], mesmerizing [participle, present], mesmerized [participle, past], mesmerized [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from mesmerism, thus mesmerism + -ize; first attested in 1829. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|mesmerism}} Back-formation from mesmerism, {{suffix|en|mesmerism|ize}} mesmerism + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} mesmerize (third-person singular simple present mesmerizes, present participle mesmerizing, simple past and past participle mesmerized)
  1. To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism. Synonyms (exercise mesmerism on): spellbind, hypnotize, enthrall, fascinate Translations (to exercise mesmerism on): хипнотизирам (hipnotiziram) (Bulgarian), 迷惑 (míhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), uchvátit (Czech), okouzlit (Czech), fascinovat (Czech), hypnotisere (Danish), betoveren (Dutch), hypnotiseren (Dutch), lumota (Finnish), faszinieren (German), fesseln [figuratively] (German), mesmerisieren [historical] [medicine, sciences] (German), delejez (Hungarian), hipnotizál (Hungarian), megigéz (Hungarian), incantare (Italian), 魅了する (miryō suru) (alt: みりょうする) (Japanese), میخکوب کردن (mix-kub kardan) (Persian), hipnotizar (Portuguese), mesmerizar (Portuguese), завораживать (zavoraživatʹ) (Russian), гипнотизировать (gipnotizirovatʹ) (Russian), očariť (Slovak), trollbinda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mesmerize-en-verb-8fYeMbCb Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English back-formations: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'exercise mesmerism on': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'to exercise mesmerism on': 97 3
  2. To spellbind; to enthrall.
    Sense id: en-mesmerize-en-verb-gcFHsvNR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mesmerise [UK] Related terms: hypnotize

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} mesmerize
  1. inflection of mesmerizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: mesmerizar
    Sense id: en-mesmerize-pt-verb-XUrhUcAv Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of mesmerizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: mesmerizar
    Sense id: en-mesmerize-pt-verb-BrzL46wQ

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  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "mesmerizar"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of mesmerizar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mesmerizar",
          "mesmerizar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of mesmerizar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "mesmerizar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of mesmerizar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mesmerizar",
          "mesmerizar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of mesmerizar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mesmerize"
}

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