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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mesmerism \Mes"mer*ism\, n. [From Mesmer, who first brought it
into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf F. mesm['e]risme.]
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. See {Animal magnetism}, under {Magnetism}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mesmerism
n : the act of inducing hypnosis [syn: {hypnotism}, {suggestion}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage
and asked Incredulity to dinner.
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