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mesmeric

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mɛzˈmɛɹɪk/

adj

  1. Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization.

    Even were he to write a lie, he could not meet her and maintain it, with her eyes upon his face: they had uttermost power over him—power as of life and death,—those fine grey sweet mesmeric eyes !

    Podson's globular stare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.