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Magnetize

1. To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.

2. To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence. Fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character. (Motley)

3. To bring under the influence of animal magnetism.

Origin: cf. F. Magnetiser.