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Clay, by David Almond
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He did hypnotism tricks in the bars in Cullercoats and Whitley Bay.
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hypnotism = the act of putting someone into a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
So we let him come to us in the night and we did things with him like levitating tables and doing Ouija boards and doing trances and hypnosis, and we told him about Joseph and Francis and about a kid called Plummer that could hold his breath for half an hour and talk to ghosts.†
Part 3
I try to tell myself that I've been fooled, I've been deceived, I've been hypnotized, I've been ..."Davie?" says Mam.†
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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)