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English Dictionary: hypnotic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hypnotic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypnotic adj of or relating to hypnosis attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" Synonym(s): hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding n a drug that induces sleep Synonym(s): soporific, hypnotic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hypnotic \Hypnot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. [?] to lull to sleep, fr. [?] sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.] 1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific. 2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic* condition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, n. 1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic. 2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.