Definition of "magnetised" [magnetised]

• Simple past tense and past participle of magnetise. (verb)

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• "Such an object becomes "magnetised," and, if this be strongly done, the object will itself become a magnetic centre, capable in turn of magnetising those who approach it."
• "However, during subsequent visits I've been much more aware of the downside, illustrated by the stream of drug casualties who are still magnetised by its legend well over 40 years after the dream went sour."
• "The name lodestone comes from the old English meaning "way stone" because a sliver of iron rubbed with lodestone also becomes magnetised, and this is how the first compass needles were made."