hypnotize

English edit

Alternative forms edit

hypnotise (Commonwealth, not OED or Canada)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhɪpnətaɪ̯z/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Verb edit

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

(transitive) To induce a state of hypnosis in.

Synonyms edit

mesmerize

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

hypnotic

Translations edit

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)