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n. - A drug that induces sleep adj. - Of or relating to a condition that resembles sleep but is caused by the power of suggestion adj. - Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.

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  • Read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice
  • They say it will even break a hypnotic command not to talk.
  • The band could be described as hypnotic folk-rock, but that does it little to no justice.
  • Such are a few of my principal experiments in the mysterious force or agency known as hypnotic suggestion.
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