(BrE also hypnotise) verb [VN]
1 to produce a state of HYPNOSIS in sb
2 [usuallypassive] (written) to interest sb so much that they can think of nothing else
SYNMESMERIZE:
He was hypnotized by her beauty. * She gazed down into the ocean, hypnotized by the swirling tide.
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