to hypnotize
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6.1
- verb
- /ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz/
- US
:
hipnotizar
- The therapist was able to hypnotize the patient to help them overcome their anxiety.
- hypnotize people
- get hypnotized
- try to hypnotize
It's connected to the way some people can be hypnotized and some people cannot.
- It's connected to the way some people can be hypnotized and some people cannot.
- Spiegel literally hypnotizes Jonathan on this podcast.
- So you hypnotized Jake Paul to knock out Nate Robinson?
- But we can hypnotize people, tell them my thumb is a poker.
- And I found out that some people you can hypnotize very quickly, like in a moment.
- I've never been hypnotized nor well, maybe I have self hypnotized and just not realized that's what I was doing.
- So I mean, that's going to be, I would be a little uneasy walking into an office knowing that I'm going to get hypnotized.
- But a doctor like that at that level no idea of any of this and purposely didn't get into it before hypnotizing me.
- I mean, I've, I've hypnotized a lot of Olympic athletic teams and a lot of football teams, a lot of golfers, a lot of players at every level.
Examples
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I'd had some unofficial therapy sessions with Kate McTiernan, and I had hypnotized her once.
Fiction book (1995) -
But we can hypnotize people, tell them my thumb is a poker.
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And I found out that some people you can hypnotize very quickly, like in a moment.
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You can even hypnotize people over the phone.
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You have the power to hypnotize me?
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Are you going to hypnotize me?
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That is why I want to hypnotize you.
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Robert, do you think it's possible to hypnotize me and Stevie right now?
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So I've asked my analyst to hypnotize me on Friday.
Fiction book (1996) -
The police hypnotized me afterward, but I was no help at all.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
3
7.2
Put someone into a sleep-like state where they follow suggestions
How Controlling
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7.3
- US
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6.1
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2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypnotize = hypnosis (transparent) = hypnot + ize
The verb is a straightforward formation meaning 'to cause or put into hypnosis', directly related to 'hypnosis'.
Etymology
The word hypnotize comes from the Greek root hypnos meaning 'sleep' and the verb ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So to hypnotize someone is literally to 'make sleep', which helps explain why it means putting a person into a calm state where they are very open to suggestion.