Mesmeric

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to mesmerism; produced by mesmerism, or resembling its effects: as, the mesmcric theory; mesmeric sleep.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization
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  • adjective. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
  • Word Usage
    "I can even perceive some faint possibility of truth in the explanation which you described as the mesmeric theory — that what I saw might be the result of magnetic influence communicated to me, as I lay between the remains of the murdered husband above me and the guilty wife suffering the tortures of remorse at my bedside."
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