Accordingly, the verb mesmerize was first used to mean "to subject to mesmerism" before broadening to be synonymous with hypnotize, and later to mean "to amaze or captivate." …

MESMERIZED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of mesmerize 2. to have someone's attention completely so that…. Learn more.

Pronounced "mez-mur-ized," the adjective mesmerized describes being held in place by something — not physically — but by extreme interest in what you see or hear.

Mesmerized definition: in a hypnotic or trancelike state; hypnotized.. See examples of MESMERIZED used in a sentence.

be mesmerized (by somebody/something) They were mesmerized by her performance. Definition of mesmerize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, …

If you are mesmerized by something, you are so interested in it or so attracted to it that you cannot think about anything else.

1. To spellbind; enthrall: "The dance was subtle ... but at the same time it was sensual, and it mesmerized him" (Robert Rosenberg). 2. To hypnotize.