The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion. / The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).

plural of mesmerism

To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism. / To spellbind; to enthrall.

of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization

Spellbound or enthralled. / Hypnotized.

simple past tense and past participle of mesmerize

present participle of mesmerize

Exercising mesmerism on; spellbinding; enthralling.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mesmerize

One who mesmerizes; a hypnotist.