All 35 Uses of
hypnotize
in
Dracula
- I was becoming hypnotised!
Chpt 4 (definition 1)hypnotised = put into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibilityunconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it hypnotized.
- Nor in hypnotism….
Chpt 14 (definition 1)hypnotism = a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- Then tell me, for I am a student of the brain, how you accept hypnotism and reject the thought reading.
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- He must hypnotize me before the dawn, and then I shall be able to speak.
Chpt 23 (definition 1)hypnotize = to put someone into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- "I want you to hypnotize me!" she said.
Chpt 23 (definition 1) *hypnotize = put into a trance-like state of focused concentration
- He replied, "We have the best proof of that, your own evidence, when in the hypnotic trance this morning."
Chpt 24 (definition 1)hypnotic = related to a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- If it be that she can, by our hypnotic trance, tell what the Count see and hear, is it not more true that he who have hypnotize her first, and who have drink of her very blood and make her drink of his, should if he will, compel her mind to disclose to him that which she know?
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- If it be that she can, by our hypnotic trance, tell what the Count see and hear, is it not more true that he who have hypnotize her first, and who have drink of her very blood and make her drink of his, should if he will, compel her mind to disclose to him that which she know?
Chpt 24 (definition 1)hypnotize = trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- I thought that it was another occasion for hypnotism, and without question went for the Professor.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)hypnotism = putting someone into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- Besides, I may be of service, since you can hypnotize me and so learn that which even I myself do not know.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)hypnotize = put into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- And it has become a habit for Van Helsing to hypnotize her at such times.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- Mina's morning and evening hypnotic answer is unvaried.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)hypnotic = under the influence of a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- Van Helsing examines, he tells me, her teeth very carefully, whilst she is in the hypnotic condition, for he says that so long as they do not begin to sharpen there is no active danger of a change in her.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Harker's hypnotic report this morning was the same as usual, so it is possible that we may get news at any moment.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)hypnotic = related to a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- At sunset she made the usual hypnotic report.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- That she is still journeying somewhere is apparent, for Mrs. Harker's hypnotic report at sunrise was still the same.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- We must try tonight at sunset to make her speak more fully when in her hypnotic state.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)hypnotic = under the influence of a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- When the usual time came round Mrs. Harker prepared herself for her hypnotic effort, and after a longer and more serious effort on the part of Van Helsing than has been usually necessary, she sank into the trance.
Chpt 26 (definition 1)hypnotic = related to a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- The hypnotic stage was even longer in coming than before, and when it came the time remaining until full sunrise was so short that we began to despair.
Chpt 26 (definition 1)hypnotic = trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- Thus we shall have two more hypnotic messages from Mrs. Harker!
Chpt 26 (definition 1)hypnotic = while in a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- Mrs. Harker yielded to the hypnotic influence even less readily than this morning.
Chpt 26 (definition 1)hypnotic = trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- Knowing of the increasing difficulty of procuring the hypnotic trance, Van Helsing began his passes earlier than usual.
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- Here, Madam Mina's hypnotic power will surely help, and we shall find our way, all dark and unknown otherwise, after the first sunrise when we are near that fateful place.
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- The Professor tells me that this morning at dawn he could hardly hypnotize me at all, and that all I could say was, "dark and quiet."
Chpt 26 (definition 1)hypnotize = put into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- At sunset time he hypnotized me, and he says I answered as usual, "darkness, lapping water and creaking wood."
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- At dawn Van Helsing hypnotized me.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- At sunset I try to hypnotize her, but alas! with no effect.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- When I saw the signs of the dawn I got ready for the hypnotism.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)hypnotism = the act of putting someone into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- I made a couch with furs, and Madam Mina, lying down, yield herself as usual, but more slow and more short time than ever, to the hypnotic sleep.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)hypnotic = trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- This time she wake with not much trouble, and then I try to put her to hypnotic sleep.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- When I wake I try to hypnotize her, but alas! though she shut her eyes obedient, she may not sleep.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)hypnotize = put into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- I woke Madam Mina, and again tried to hypnotize her, but alas! unavailing till too late.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- Instinctively, with the dawn coming, I turned to Madam Mina, intending to hypnotize her.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- I tried to hypnotize through her sleep, but she made no response, none at all, and the day broke.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)hypnotize = put someone into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
- So he delay, and delay, and delay, till the mere beauty and the fascination of the wanton Undead have hypnotize him.
Chpt 27 (definition 2) *hypnotize = fascinated so much that awareness of other things is lost
Definitions:
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(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)
(Heightened suggestibility means that the hypnotized person is more inclined to accept and act on suggestions of the hypnotist.)
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(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