ˈsirenize, v. Now rare.
Also 6 syranyze.
[f. siren n. + -ize.]
trans. To delight or charm; to allure or enchant. Also intr. (quot. 1656).
| 1584 H. Constable Diana vii. viii, Thy transparent eyes..Whose dumbe conceits diuinely syranyze. 1592 G. Harvey Four Lett. iv. Wks. (Grosart) I. 212 That same gentle kindnes,..that abandoned odious Hatred; That Sirenized Furies. 1623 Cockeram i, Syrenize, to enchaunt, to bewitch. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Sirenize, to play the Siren, to attract or allure, as Sirens do with singing. |
b. To charm out of a certain state.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 123 What soule is so metaphusicall subtile, that can humorously sirenize heauens soule, Iehovah, out of the concealments of his Godhead? |