Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MES'MER-ISM
MES-MER'IC, or MES-MER'IC-ALMES'MER-IST
MES'MER-ISM, n. [From Mesmer, who first wrote on the subject.]
The art of communicating a species of sleep, which is supposed to affect the body, while the mind or intellectual power is active and intelligent.
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