gorgonize

gorgonize [gawr-guh-nahyz] Word Origin verb (used with object), gor·gon·ized, gor·gon·iz·ing.

1. to affect as a Gorgon; hypnotize; petrify.

Also especially British, gor·gon·ise. Origin of gorgonize First recorded in 1600–10; Gorgon + -ize Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019