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by tigueron on January 5th, 2007
from Wikipedia:
"Mesmerization, the act of inducing hypnosis, sometimes spelled "mesmerise". The word derives from the 18-century practise by the Viennese physician called Franz Anton Mesmer."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesmerize
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Good answer, I was mentally trawling through Latin and Greek words it could be derived from and drawing a frustrating blank!
by TheKnife V2.1 - Grandiose and Obnoxious on January 5th, 2007
Well, the word itself trows that line.
by tigueron on January 5th, 2007