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magnetise

magnetise is the alternative spelling of magnetize.

Meaning of magnetize

Verb

magnetize (third-person singular simple present magnetizes, present participle magnetizing, simple past and past participle magnetized)

  1. (transitive) To make magnetic.
  2. (intransitive) To become magnetic.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To hypnotize using mesmerism.
    • Lisette let him alone, it is dangerous to push the poor creature to extremities, Doctor, suppose we Magnetize him?c. 1789, Elizabeth Inchbald, Animal Magnetism: A Farce, Dublin, P. Byron, Act III, p. 82
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To attract, allure or entice; to captivate or entrance.
    • As for Dudley Venner, no beauty in all the world could have so soothed and magnetized him as the very repose and subdued gentleness which the Widow had thought would make the best possible background for her own more salient and effective attractions.1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., chapter 21, in Elsie Venner

Antonyms of magnetise

Forms of magnetise

third-person singular presentmagnetises
present participlemagnetising
past participlemagnetised
pastmagnetised

Origin of magnetise

From magnet + -ise.

Words formed from magnetise

Questions about magnetise

What is magnetise the alternative spelling of?
Magnetise is the alternative spelling of magnetize.

Words near magnetise in the dictionary

  1. magnetimeters
  2. magnetionic
  3. magnetisable
  4. magnetisation
  5. magnetisations
  6. magnetise
  7. magnetised
  8. magnetiser
  9. magnetisers
  10. magnetises
  11. magnetising

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