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Third Person
hypnotizes
Present Participle
hypnotizing
Past Tense
hypnotized
Past Participle
hypnotized
1
to induce a temporary altered state of receptive focus through which a subject will respond to suggestions
- The stage hypnotist was able to hypnotize several volunteers from the audience to come up on stage for his show.
- In movies, characters are often hypnotized so the villain can make them reveal secrets or carry out dangerous tasks against their will.
- Some hypnotherapists argue they can hypnotize people to quit bad habits almost effortlessly through guided visualization during hypnosis.
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