magnetize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make magnetic
    magnetise.
    • The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
  2. verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
    bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetise; spellbind.
    • She magnetized the audience with her tricks

WordNet

Mag"net*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. magnétiser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Magnetized ; preposition & adverb Magnetizing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913