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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FASCINATION (from See also:Lat. fascinare, to bewitch, probably connected with the Or. f3ao-Kaiveev, to speak See also:ill of, to bewitch) , the See also:art of enchanting or bewitching, especially through the See also:influence of the " evil See also:eye," and so properly of the exercise of an evil influence over the See also:reason or will. The word is thus used of the supposed paralysing attraction exercised by some See also:reptiles on their victims. It is also applied to a particular hypnotic See also:condition, marked by See also:muscular contraction, but with consciousness and See also:power of remembrance See also:left. In a quite See also:general sense, fascination means the exercise of any See also:charm or strong attraction.

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