magnetize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: magnetize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for magnetize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
magnetize v make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings" Synonym(s): magnetize, magnetise Antonym(s): degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" Synonym(s): magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnetize \Mag"netize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magnetized}; prep. & adv. {Magnetizing}.] [Cf. F. magn[82]tiser.] 1. To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize* a needle. 2. To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence. Fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character. --Motley. 3. To bring under the influence of animal magnetism.