Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to mesmerism; produced by mesmerism, or resembling its effects: as, the mesmcric theory; mesmeric sleep.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism.
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- adjective of or relating to
mesmerism ormesmerization
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- adjective attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
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Examples
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I can even perceive some faint possibility of truth in the explanation which you described as the mesmeric theory — that what I saw might be the result of magnetic influence communicated to me, as I lay between the remains of the murdered husband above me and the guilty wife suffering the tortures of remorse at my bedside.
The Haunted Hotel 2003
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I can even perceive some faint possibility of truth in the explanation which you described as the mesmeric theory -- that what I saw might be the result of magnetic influence communicated to me, as I lay between the remains of the murdered husband above me and the guilty wife suffering the tortures of remorse at my bedside.
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He specialized in mesmeric, often nightmarish visions of scenes from Shakespeare, Milton and Norse mythology.
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Interestingly a note by Schelling's son on the 1813 text points to the absence of the will-ing subject from magnetic sleep: in mesmeric sleep [magnetischen
'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815) 2008
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You are aware that I possess in rather a remarkable degree what we have agreed to call the mesmeric power.
Roundabout Papers 2006
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I was immediately conscious that in his eyes there was, in an especial degree, what, for want of a better term, one may call the mesmeric quality.
The Beetle Richard Marsh
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The sense of touch is also brought into play in hypnosis; Richet set great value on the so-called mesmeric strokes or passes.
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The sense of touch is also brought into play in hypnosis; Richet set great value on the so-called mesmeric strokes or passes.
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You are aware that I possess in rather a remarkable degree what we have agreed to call the mesmeric power.
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Julian Hawthorne 1890
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From the Jesuits, in childhood, he received religious impressions which might almost be described as mesmeric or hypnotic in their influence upon his nerves.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
revengeance commented on the word mesmeric
Perhaps this word came to be thanks to Mesmer, the 18th century scientist who studied magnetism and mysticism?
November 24, 2015