The Only Use of
hypnotize
in
Harry Potter (#3) and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Pettigrew was shaking his head, mouthing noiselessly, but staring all the while at Black as though hypnotized.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(hypnotize as in: hypnotized to try to remember) to put someone into a state of hypnosis (a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility)
(Heightened suggestibility means that the hypnotized person is more inclined to accept and act on suggestions of the hypnotist.)