All 3 Uses

hypnotize
in
The Poisonwood Bible
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Adah Price S UNRISE TANTALIZE, evil eyes hypnotize: that is the morning, Congo pink.†
Chpt 1
"Well, that's good, because what I've heard about sleeping sickness is you die of it," I said, still combing, feeling like someone who's been hypnotized into that one single motion.†
Chpt 3 *
I'd probably get highway hypnosis, watching the snot run down all those little snotroads from their noses to their lips.†
Chpt 3 *

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)