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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

somnolism

· som·no·lism · IPA
01 n. The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism (hypnotism); the hypnotic state.
  1. 1.
    The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism (hypnotism); the hypnotic state.[archaic]
  2. 2.
    the act or process of inducing the hypnotic state; hypnotism; hyonotizing.