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as in: hypnotized to try to remember Define
to put someone into a state of hypnosis (a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility)
- "Why the hell," panted Ron, holding up the Horcrux, which swung backward and forward on its shortened chain in some parody of hypnosis, "didn’t you take the thing off before you dived?"
- I want to be hypnotized and given the suggestion that I don’t like to snack on fattening foods.
- The police want to hypnotize me to see if it will help me remember what he looked like.
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as in: hypnotized to try to remember Define
to put someone into a state of hypnosis (a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility)
as in: hypnotized by her performance
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fascinate so much that awareness of other surrounding things is lost or too much trust is granted
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. . . enhancing vocabulary while reading |