Meanings
verbmesmerise (third-person singular simple present mesmerises, present participle mesmerising, simple past and past participle mesmerised)
present singular third person mesmerises · participle present mesmerising · participle past mesmerised · past mesmerised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of mesmerize.
There is, we fear, a tendency to be mesmerised by the glamour of something new and to refrain from the cold hard look that monorail concepts deserve.
1964 July, “The mythology of monorails”, in Modern Railways, page 57
Synonyms & antonyms
verbattract strongly, as if with a magnet
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
APA
mesmerise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesmerise
MLA
“mesmerise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesmerise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesmerise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesmerise.
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