Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Magnetize

Magnetize , transitive verb

[Compare French magnétiser.]

1.
To communicate magnetic properties to; to make magnetic; 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.