unhypnotize en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + hypnotize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To cause to break out of a hypnotic trance.
You unhypnotize a chicken by poking its head out from under its wing so it can see again.
1984, Clifford B. Hicks, Pop and Peter Potts, page 77:Like, what if a doctor figured out a word or a method that would unhypnotize them?
2014, Eli Horowitz, Kevin Moffett, Matthew Derby, The Silent History, page 35:If this is hypnotism, unhypnotize him.
2017, Nicole Helm, Stone Cold Texas Ranger:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unhypnotized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unhypnotized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unhypnotizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unhypnotizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |