HYPNOTIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they hypnotize ... he / she / it hypnotizes

Past simple: hypnotized

Past participle: hypnotized

-ing form: hypnotizing

Meaning:

Induce hypnosis in

Synonyms:

hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "hypnotize" is one way to...):

calm; sedate; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hypnotize"):

entrance; spellbind (put into a trance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot hypnotize Sue

Derivation:

hypnosis (a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion)

hypnotizer (a person who induces hypnosis)