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unhypnotize

unhypnotize verb: to cause to break out of a hypnotic trance.

Verb

unhypnotize (third-person singular simple present unhypnotizes, present participle unhypnotizing, simple past and past participle unhypnotized)

  1. (transitive) To cause to break out of a hypnotic trance.
    • You unhypnotize a chicken by poking its head out from under its wing so it can see again.1984, Clifford B. Hicks, Pop and Peter Potts, page 77
    • Like, what if a doctor figured out a word or a method that would unhypnotize them?2014, Eli Horowitz, Kevin Moffett, Matthew Derby, The Silent History, page 35

Forms of unhypnotize

third-person singular presentunhypnotizes
present participleunhypnotizing
past participleunhypnotized
pastunhypnotized

Origin of unhypnotize

From un- + hypnotize.

Questions about unhypnotize

What does unhypnotize mean?
Unhypnotize means to cause to break out of a hypnotic trance.
What part of speech is unhypnotize?
Unhypnotize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhypnotize?
The past tense of unhypnotize is unhypnotized.

Words near unhypnotize in the dictionary

  1. unhyphened
  2. unhypnotic
  3. unhypnotisable
  4. unhypnotised
  5. unhypnotizable
  6. unhypnotize
  7. unhypnotized
  8. unhypnotizes
  9. unhypnotizing
  10. unhypocritical
  11. unhypocritically

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