The word 'hypnotise' is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to the act of putting someone into a state of hypnosis, where they are highly responsive to suggestion and may have altered perceptions. Example: The stage hypnotist successfully hypnotised the audience, making them believe they were chickens clucking and dancing around the stage.
His works tend to "hypnotise the viewer regardless of what they know about the subject," says Mr Liedtke.
In 1905, there was an attempt to ban windscreen wipers because it was feared they would hypnotise drivers.
"DON'T WALK" signals hypnotise German pedestrians even when no car is in sight.
This visual bombardment has been backed up by jingles of maddening repetitiveness, blared out from lorries and cars, designed to hypnotise voters before they cast their ballot in the first round of municipal elections, which took place on October 5th.As a display of the competitiveness of Brazil's democracy it was impressive.
But for parents, Elsa is Satan incarnate with big blue eyes and a decapitated snowman for a boyfriend, who used her fiendishly intricate show-tune "Let It Go" to hypnotise their sweet offspring, turning them into dead-eyed, worshipful automatons.
The new doctor wants to hypnotise her to discover her past, the key, he believes, to her episodes – terrifying events we do not see as Madeline does not remember them, and she is our only guide through this strange and beautiful novel.
For those who are "low hypnotisable", being hypnotised is often like listening to one of those slightly dull relaxation tapes that go on for too long, but for high hypnotisables, known as "virtuosos" in the scientific literature, the effects are compelling.
Politicians from both sides are trying to represent it as a political conflict, and are trying to solve it with the usual political methods – through secret deals and shameful compromises, hypnotising rebels with the prospects of "voting" and "negotiations".
Yet I spend half an hour staring into the crimson whirlpool, hypnotised: the best attributes a gadget can have are elegance of function, and fascination.
A hypnotising conductor, his love of Beethoven and Bach made the orchestra famous worldwide, but also brought it to the attention of the Nazis.
Each subject was hypnotised first one way and then the other.
