mesmerize
📖 Definitions
verb tr.
1. To spellbind.
2. To hypnotize.
💬 Usage Examples
“[Luke Spiller] recalls being mesmerised by Pentecostal preachers, whose sermons would ‘have people shaking on the ground and jumping out of wheelchairs’.” Paul Moody; Bristolian Rhapsody; The Guardian (London, UK); Mar 7, 2019.