Why Is It Called Mesmerise?

The word mesmerize comes from the last name of 18th century German physician Franz Mesmer, who believed that all people and objects are pulled together by a strong magnetic force, later called mesmerism.

Is it mesmerize or mesmerise?

As verbs the difference between mesmerise and mesmerize

is that mesmerise is while mesmerize is to exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall.

Who invented mesmerise?

The word “mesmerize” dates back to an 18th century Austrian physician named Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815). He established a theory of illness that involved internal magnetic forces, which he called animal magnetism. (It would later be known as mesmerism.)

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