Verb

• S: (v) fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind (to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe) "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
• S: (v) magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind (attract strongly, as if with a magnet) "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
• S: (v) entrance, spellbind (put into a trance)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise (induce hypnosis in)
• S: (v) sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to) "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
• S: (v) affect (act physically on; have an effect upon) "the medicine affects my heart rate"
• S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame