mesmerise en · VERB
Meanings
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(UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mesmerize.
alt of mesmerize
There is, we fear, a tendency to be mesmerised by the glamour of something new and to refrain from the cold hard look that monorail concepts deserve.
1964 July, “The mythology of monorails”, in Modern Railways, page 57:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mesmerising | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mesmerises | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| mesmerised | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mesmerised | Tense=Past | lexicographic |