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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mesmerism

/mĕs'-mẽr-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Mes·mer·ism · IPA /ˈmɛz.mɚˌɪz.əm/
01 n. The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communi…
  1. 1.
    The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. [Outdated] See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.[Outdated] See: Magnetism