hypnotize

English

Alternative forms

• hypnotise (Commonwealth, not OED or Canada)

Etymology

Derived from hypnot(ic) +‎ -ize (verbal derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪpnətaɪ̯z/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

hypnotize (third-person singular simple present hypnotizes, present participle hypnotizing, simple past and past participle hypnotized)

1. (transitive) To induce a state of hypnosis in.

Synonyms

• mesmerize

Derived terms

• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnotizability
• hypnotizable

 

Related terms

• hypnotic

 

Translations

to induce somebody into a state of hypnosis

• Bulgarian: хипнотизирам (hipnotiziram)
• Catalan: hipnotitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 催眠 (zh) (cuīmián)

• Czech: hypnotizovat (cs) impf, zhypnotizovat (cs) pf
• Dutch: hypnotiseren (nl)
• Esperanto: hipnotigi
• French: hypnotiser (fr)
• Galician: hipnotizar (gl)
• German: hypnotisieren (de)
• Hungarian: hipnotizál (hu)
• Icelandic: dáleiða
• Ido: hipnotigar (io)
• Italian: ipnotizzare (it)
• Lithuanian: hipnotizuoti
• Norman: entchéthaûder
• Polish: hipnotyzować (pl)
• Portuguese: hipnotizar (pt)
• Russian: гипнотизировать (ru) (gipnotizirovatʹ)
• Spanish: hipnotizar (es)
• Swedish: hypnotisera (sv)
• Thai: สะกดจิต (sà-gòt-jìt)