Definition of "mesmeric" [mes•mer•ic]

• Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization (adjective)

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• "I can even perceive some faint possibility of truth in the explanation which you described as the mesmeric theory — that what I saw might be the result of magnetic influence communicated to me, as I lay between the remains of the murdered husband above me and the guilty wife suffering the tortures of remorse at my bedside."
• "I can even perceive some faint possibility of truth in the explanation which you described as the mesmeric theory -- that what I saw might be the result of magnetic influence communicated to me, as I lay between the remains of the murdered husband above me and the guilty wife suffering the tortures of remorse at my bedside."
• "He specialized in mesmeric, often nightmarish visions of scenes from Shakespeare, Milton and Norse mythology."