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n. - The act of inducing hypnosis.

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Usage examples (37)
  • No. What is commonly called mesmerism could not do this; but there may be a power akin to mesmerism, and superior to it—the power that in the old days was called...
  • No. What is commonly called mesmerism could not do this; but there may be a power akin to mesmerism, and superior to it -- the power that in the old days was...
  • No. What is commonly called mesmerism could not do this; but there may be a power akin to mesmerism, and superior to it, -- the power that in the old days was...
  • I have heard of such things at home; they are called mesmerism and clairvoyance.
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