Meaning & use
Mesmerised
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Held someone's complete attention, as if by a spell; captivated or hypnotized.
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The audience was mesmerised by the dancer's fluid movements.
She stood mesmerised by the shifting colors of the northern lights.
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The word derives from Franz Mesmer, an 18th-century physician whose theory of 'animal magnetism' inspired the term; mesmerised is the standard British spelling.
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