What does hyponotize mean?

Answer 1

To hypnotize someone is to place them into a semi-conscious state much like dreaming. The hypnotist is able to suggest images and situations which the hypnotized person imagines and reacts to as if they were real. People are able to walk, talk and otherwise behave normally while hypnotized, but they are not conscious of their surroundings--it is like sleepwalking.

When people come out of the hypnotic state, they have no conscious recollections of the experience, but can have unconscious ones if these are suggested to them while hypnotized. Such recollections are called "post-hypnotic suggestions".