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mesmerism
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
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What is the secret mesmerism which friendship possesses, and under the operation of which a person ordinarily sluggish, or cold, or timid, becomes wise, active, and resolute, in another's behalf?
The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).