Definition of Magnetise

1. Verb. Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

Exact synonyms: Bewitch, Magnetize, Mesmerise, Mesmerize, Spellbind
Generic synonyms: Charm, Influence, Tempt
Derivative terms: Magnet, Magnetization, Spellbinder

2. Verb. Make magnetic. "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings"
Exact synonyms: Magnetize
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Antonyms: Demagnetise, Demagnetize
Derivative terms: Magnet, Magnetisation, Magnet, Magnetization, Magnetization, Magnetization

Definition of Magnetise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of magnetize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Magnetise

1. [v -TISED, -TISING, -TISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetise

magnetically insulated transmission line
magneticalness
magnetician
magneticians
magneticity
magnetick
magneticness
magnetics
magnetiferous
magnetify
magnetimeter
magnetimeters
magnetionic
magnetisation
magnetisations
magnetise
magnetised
magnetises
magnetising
magnetism
magnetisms
magnetist
magnetists
magnetite
magnetites
magnetizability
magnetizable
magnetization
magnetizations
magnetize

Literary usage of Magnetise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"Died in 1828. Puget, (Louis,) a French naturalist, born it Lyons in 1629. He gained distinction by researches on magnetise Died in 1709. ..."

2. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1849)
"... to magnetise any bar of iron, if the wire of the coil be of sufficient length, it will be abundantly evident that the electro-magnet will be attracted ..."

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