All 3 Uses

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Childhood's End
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The hundreds of reflected points of light formed a fascinating and hypnotic pattern, and he felt himself becoming slightly dizzy.†
Chpt 8
To achieve this would involve stimulation of all the senses, and perhaps hypnosis as well, but many beheved it to be practical.†
Chpt 15 *
Jan was very waxy of these machines, and after one session with some kind of hypnotic device had a splitting headache for several hours.†
Chpt 22

Definitions:

(1) (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)

Hypnosis is a special, trance-like state of focused attention. A hypnotized person is often very relaxed and more willing than usual to accept and act on the hypnotist’s suggestions. Despite popular myths, hypnotized people don't lose control and won't do things against their core values.
(2) (hypnotize as in: hypnotized by her performance)
fascinate so much that awareness of other surrounding things is lost or too much trust is granted
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)