Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mesmerize \Mes"mer*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mesmerized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Mesmerizing}.]
   To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

Source : WordNet®

mesmerizing
     adj : attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the
           bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm
           mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was
           mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in
           ancient Rome" [syn: {hypnotic}, {mesmeric}, {spellbinding}]