verb
1. attract strongly, as if with a magnet
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She magnetized the audience with her tricks
• Derivationally related forms: ↑spellbinder (for: ↑spellbind), ↑magnetization (for: ↑magnetize), ↑magnet (for: ↑magnetize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
2. induce hypnosis in
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Mesmer, ↑Mesmer (for: ↑mesmerize), ↑hypnotiser (for: ↑hypnotise), ↑hypnosis (for: ↑hypnotise), ↑hypnotizer (for: ↑hypnotize), ↑hypnosis (for: ↑hypnotize)
• Hypernyms: ↑sedate, ↑calm, ↑tranquilize, ↑tranquillize, ↑tranquillise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.