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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being in mesmeric sleep; the doctrine of mesmeric sleep.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun archaic The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism (hypnotism); the hypnotic state.
  • noun the act or process of inducing the hypnotic state; hypnotism; hyonotizing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being in hypnotic sleep
  • noun The process of inducing the hypnotic state; hypnotism

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