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Definition of Mesmerises
1. mesmerise [v] - See also: mesmerise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesmerises
Literary usage of Mesmerises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"Probably it mesmerises the fair, as the other deity mesmerises the wild turkeys,
and makes them come at call. As they would all bring manuscripts with them ..."
2. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (1881)
"Miles Hendon saved him the trouble; for he turned about, then, as a man generally
will when somebody mesmerises him by gazing hard at him from behind; ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1877)
"He mesmerises you ? " " I know,not ; but it is a growing fascination. Oh, my dear
physician, interfere. If it goes on, we shall be more wretched than ever. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1869)
"He is a mesmerist; he mesmerises his sitters, and takes possession of their common
sense. Myself. I was curious enough the other day to search the chancery ..."
5. Pre-Raphaelite and Other Poets: Lectures by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"He mesmerises the boy or the girl, and bids him or her look into the crystal or
the ink-drop, as the case may be, and «ay what he or she sees there. ..."
6. Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge by Sara Coleridge Coleridge, Edith Coleridge (1873)
"My housemaid willingly undertook the business, was instructed, and now mesmerises
regularly twice a day. • The name of Mr Chauncy Hare Townshend will be ..."
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