magnetize, magnetise
(verb) make magnetic; “The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings”
magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind
(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet; “She magnetized the audience with her tricks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
magnetize (third-person singular simple present magnetizes, present participle magnetizing, simple past and past participle magnetized)
(transitive, physics) To make magnetic.
(intransitive, physics) To become magnetic.
(obsolete, transitive) To hypnotize using mesmerism.
(figurative, transitive) To attract, allure or entice; to captivate or entrance.
Source: Wiktionary
Mag"net*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magnetized; prep. & adv. Magnetizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. magnétiser.]
1. To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.
2. To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence. Fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character. Motley.
3. To bring under the influence of animal magnetism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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