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data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="Ido" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivate" title="captivate – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="captivate" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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<ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈkæptɪveɪt/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-captivate.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" 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class="IPA">/ˈkæptəˌveɪt/</span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#adjective" title="Appendix:Glossary">Adjective</a>: <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈkæptɪvət/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈkæptəˌvət/</span></li></ul></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">cap‧tiv‧ate</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Learned borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Late Latin">Late Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/captivatus#Latin" title="captivatus">captīvātus</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#perfect" title="Appendix:Glossary">perfect</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#passive" title="Appendix:Glossary">passive</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#participle" title="Appendix:Glossary">participle</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/captivo#Latin" title="captivo">captīvō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to capture</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/captivus#Latin" title="captivus">captīvus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">captive, prisoner</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (ultimately from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/capio#Latin" title="capio">capiō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to capture, seize</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-">*keh₂p-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to hold; to seize</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/-o#Latin" title="-o">-ō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#suffix" title="Appendix:Glossary">suffix</a> forming first-<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#conjugation" title="Appendix:Glossary">conjugation</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#verb" title="Appendix:Glossary">verbs</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Equivalent to <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captive#English" title="captive">captive</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-ate#English:_verb" title="-ate">-ate</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">verb-forming suffix</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">captivate</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivates#English" title="captivates">captivates</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivating#English" title="captivating">captivating</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivated#English" title="captivated">captivated</a></b>)</span> <span class="usage-label-term"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <ol><li>To <a href="/wiki/make#Verb" title="make">make</a> (a <a href="/wiki/person#Noun" title="person">person</a>, an <a href="/wiki/animal" title="animal">animal</a>, etc.) a <a href="/wiki/captive#Noun" title="captive">captive</a>; to <a href="/wiki/take#Verb" title="take">take</a> <a href="/wiki/prisoner" title="prisoner">prisoner</a>; to <a href="/wiki/capture#Verb" title="capture">capture</a>, to <a href="/wiki/subdue" title="subdue">subdue</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1591–1592</b> (date written)</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI,_Part_3" class="extiw" title="w:Henry VI, Part 3">The Third Part of Henry the Sixt,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="with the Death of the Duke of Yorke">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act I, scene iv<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n514/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">151</span></a>, column 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Hovv ill-beſeeming is it in thy Sex, / To triumph like an Amazonian Trull, / Vpon their VVoes, vvhom Fortune <b>captiuates</b>?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1613</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Purchas" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Purchas">Samuel Purchas</a>, “<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Relations of the Regions and Religions in Africa.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Of Africa, and the Creatures therein.”, in <cite>Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="In Foure Partes. This First Containeth a Theologicall and Geographicall Historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the Ilands Adiacent. Declaring the Ancient Religions before the Floud, the Heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in All Ages since, in Those Parts Professed, with Their Seuerall Opinions, Idols, Oracles, Temples, Priestes, Fasts, Feasts, Sacrifices, and Rites Religious: Their Beginnings, Proceedings, Alterations, Sects, Orders and Successions. With Briefe Descriptions of the Countries, Nations, States, Discoueries, Priuate and Publike Customes, and the Most Remarkable Rarities of Nature, or Humane Industrie, in the Same. By Samuel Purchas, Minister at Estwood in Essex.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stansby" class="extiw" title="w:William Stansby">William Stansby</a> for Henrie Fetherstone,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and are to be sold at his Shoppe in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the Rose.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/84768193">→OCLC</a></small>, book VI (Of Ægypt, Barbarie, Numidia, Libya, and the Land of Negros; and of Their Religions), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/purchashispilgri00purc_0/page/466/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">466</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><i>Dabuh</i> is the name of a ſimple and baſe creature like a VVolfe, ſaue that his legges and feete are like to a mans: ſo fooliſh, that vvith a ſong, & a Taber, they vvhich knovv his haunt vvill bring him out of his denne, and captiue his eares vvith their muſicke, vvhile another <b>captiuateth</b> his legges vvith a Rope.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To capture or <a href="/wiki/control#Verb" title="control">control</a> (the <a href="/wiki/mind#Noun" title="mind">mind</a>, etc.); to subdue, to <a href="/wiki/subjugate#Verb" title="subjugate">subjugate</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1603</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne" class="extiw" title="w:Michel de Montaigne">Michel de Montaigne</a>, “Of the Institution and Education of Children; to the Ladie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_of_Foix" class="extiw" title="w:Diana of Foix">Diana of Foix</a>, Countesse of Gurson”, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Florio" class="extiw" title="w:John Florio">John Florio</a>, transl., <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne)" class="extiw" title="w:Essays (Montaigne)">The Essayes<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="or, Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne, Knight of the Noble Order of St. Michaell, and One of the Gentlemen in Ordinary of the French King, Henry the Third His Chamber">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, book I, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed at London by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_Simmes" class="extiw" title="w:Valentine Simmes">Val<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>entine<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Simmes</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Edward Blount</a><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="dwelling in Paules churchyard">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/946730821">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/essayesormorallp00mont/page/82/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">82</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Hee hath no skill in Rhetoricke, nor can hee vvith a preface fore-ſtall and <b>captivate</b> the Gentle Readers good vvill: nor careth he greatly to knovve it.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1611</b></span>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Smith_(bishop)" class="extiw" title="w:Miles Smith (bishop)">Miles Smith</a>], “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Bible1611/page/n16/mode/1up">The Translators to the Reader</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Bible">The Holy Bible,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" class="extiw" title="w:King James Version">King James Version</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Imprinted at London by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Barker (printer)">Robert Barker</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="printer to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/964384981">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They that are vviſe, had rather haue their iudgements at libertie in differences of readings, then to be <b>captiuated</b> to one, vvhen it may be the other.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1665</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Glanvill" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Glanvill">Joseph Glanvill</a>, <cite>Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science;<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinion. With a Reply to the Exceptions of the Learned Thomas Albius.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> E. C<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>otes<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> for Henry Eversden<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Gray-Hound in St. Paul’s Church-yard.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/228675129">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of <b>captivating</b> Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/attract" title="attract">attract</a> and <a href="/wiki/hold#Verb" title="hold">hold</a> (someone's) <a href="/wiki/attention" title="attention">attention</a> and <a href="/wiki/interest#Noun" title="interest">interest</a>; to <a href="/wiki/charm#Verb" title="charm">charm</a>, to <a href="/wiki/entrance#Verb" title="entrance">entrance</a>, to <a href="/wiki/fascinate" title="fascinate">fascinate</a>, to enchain. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/enchant#English" title="enchant">enchant</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/enamour#English" title="enamour">enamour</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1535</b></span> October 14 (Gregorian calendar), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Coverdale" class="extiw" title="w:Myles Coverdale">Myles Coverdale</a>, transl., <cite>Biblia: The Byble,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="That is the Holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, Faythfully Translated in to Englysh.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverdale_Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Coverdale Bible">Coverdale Bible</a>), <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Cologne or Marburg<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>: <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/79441532">→OCLC</a></small>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Judith" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Judith">Judith</a> xvj:[9], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/1535-coverdale-bible/page/n402/mode/1up">folio xxix, verso</a>, column 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Hir ſlippers rauyſhed his eyes, hir bewtye <b>captyuated</b> his mynde, with the swerde ſmote ſhe of his neck.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1594</b></span>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>], <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_and_Adonis" class="extiw" title="w:Venus and Adonis">Venus and Adonis</a></cite>, 2nd edition, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Imprinted by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Field_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Field (printer)">Richard Field</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and are to be sold at the signe of the White Greyhound in Paules Church-yard.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/701755207">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>verse 47<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PyHPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP20">signature Cij, verso</a>, lines <span class="None" lang="und"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>280–282<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">[L]oe thus my ſtrength is <a href="/wiki/tried#English" title="tried">tride</a>. / And this I do to <b>captiuate</b> the eye, / Of the faire breeder that is ſtanding by.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-footer"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1814</b> July 7, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott" class="extiw" title="w:Walter Scott">Walter Scott</a>], “A Discovery—Waverly Becomes Domesticated at Tully-Veolan”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverley_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:Waverley (novel)">Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="In Three Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ballantyne" class="extiw" title="w:James Ballantyne">James Ballantyne and Co.</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constable_%26_Robinson" class="extiw" title="w:Constable & Robinson">Archibald Constable and Co.</a>; London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longman" class="extiw" title="w:Longman">Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/277992956">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.19932200;view=1up;seq=221">page <span class="None" lang="und">207</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Besides, Rose Bradwardine, beautiful and amiable as we have described her, had not precisely the sort of beauty or merit which <b>captivates</b> a romantic imagination in early youth.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1918</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Maxwell" class="extiw" title="w:W. B. Maxwell">W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell</a>, chapter V, in <cite>The Mirror and the Lamp</cite>, Indianapolis, Ind.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbs-Merrill_Company" class="extiw" title="w:Bobbs-Merrill Company">The Bobbs-Merrill Company</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/4293071">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mirrorandlamp01maxwgoog/page/n34/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">26</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis and another boy interrupted the sermon, he altogether <b>captivated</b> his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Conjugation">Conjugation</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Conjugation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-grey inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r83965774">.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper{padding:3px;margin:0.5em 0;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue);border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper.inflection-table-narrow{position:relative;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;overflow-x:auto}.mw-parser-output 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td.inflection-table-brown-darker{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-brown-1)!important}</style> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Conjugation of <i>captivate</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#infinitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">infinitive</a> </th> <td colspan="3">(<span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/to#English" title="to">to</a></span>) <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present tense</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#past_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">past tense</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#first-person" title="Appendix:Glossary">1st-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a></th><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="1"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></span> </td><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="1"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en spast-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivated#English" title="captivated">captivated</a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second-person" title="Appendix:Glossary">2nd-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="1"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></span>, <span class="Latn form-of lang-en st-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivatest#English" title="captivatest">captivatest</a></span><b><sup>†</sup></b> </td><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="1"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en spast-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivated#English" title="captivated">captivated</a></span>, <span class="Latn form-of lang-en st-past-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivatedst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="captivatedst (page does not exist)">captivatedst</a></span><b><sup>†</sup></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#third-person" title="Appendix:Glossary">3rd-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="1"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivates#English" title="captivates">captivates</a></span>, <span class="Latn form-of lang-en th-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivateth#English" title="captivateth">captivateth</a></span><b><sup>†</sup></b> </td><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="2"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en spast-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivated#English" title="captivated">captivated</a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#subjunctive" title="Appendix:Glossary">subjunctive</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></span> </td><td style="max-width: 15em"><span class="Latn form-of lang-en spast-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivated#English" title="captivated">captivated</a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imperative" title="Appendix:Glossary">imperative</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></span> </td> <td style="max-width: 15em">—</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#participle" title="Appendix:Glossary">participles</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en pres|ptcp-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivating#English" title="captivating">captivating</a></span> </td> <td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en past|ptcp-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivated#English" title="captivated">captivated</a></span> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <div><div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div> <p><b><sup>†</sup></b> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Glossary#archaic" title="Wiktionary:Glossary">Archaic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Glossary#obsolete" title="Wiktionary:Glossary">obsolete</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivated#English" title="captivated">captivated</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">adjective</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivating#English" title="captivating">captivating</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">adjective, noun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivator#English" title="captivator">captivator</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivatrix#English" title="captivatrix">captivatrix</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/decaptivate#English" title="decaptivate">decaptivate</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/recaptivate#English" title="recaptivate">recaptivate</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=uncaptivate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="uncaptivate (page does not exist)">uncaptivate</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captivation#English" title="captivation">captivation</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captive#English" title="captive">captive</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/capture#English" title="capture">capture</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_attract_and_hold_(someone’s)_attention_and_interest"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B0#Arabic" title="أخذ">أَخَذَ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B0" class="extiw" title="ar:أخذ">(ar)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔaḵaḏa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1#Arabic" title="أسر">أَسَرَ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔasara</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86#Arabic" title="فتن">فَتَنَ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">fatana</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8C#Belarusian" title="зачароўваць">зачаро́ўваць</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">začaróŭvacʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8C#Belarusian" title="зачараваць">зачарава́ць</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">začaravácʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="очаровам (page does not exist)">очаровам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:очаровам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">očarovam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/captivar#Catalan" title="captivar">captivar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivar" class="extiw" title="ca:captivar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%91%97%E8%BF%B7#Mandarin" title="著迷">著迷</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%91%97%E8%BF%B7" class="extiw" title="zh:著迷">(zh)</a></span>, <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%9D%80%E8%BF%B7#Mandarin" title="着迷">着迷</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9D%80%E8%BF%B7" class="extiw" title="zh:着迷">(zh)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/bekoren#Dutch" title="bekoren">bekoren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/bekoren" class="extiw" title="nl:bekoren">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/boeien#Dutch" title="boeien">boeien</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/boeien" class="extiw" title="nl:boeien">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/fascineren#Dutch" title="fascineren">fascineren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/fascineren" class="extiw" title="nl:fascineren">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/kiehtoa#Finnish" title="kiehtoa">kiehtoa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiehtoa" class="extiw" title="fi:kiehtoa">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/captiver#French" title="captiver">captiver</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/captiver" class="extiw" title="fr:captiver">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/bestechen#German" title="bestechen">bestechen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/bestechen" class="extiw" title="de:bestechen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/bezaubern#German" title="bezaubern">bezaubern</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/bezaubern" class="extiw" title="de:bezaubern">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/entz%C3%BCcken#German" title="entzücken">entzücken</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/entz%C3%BCcken" class="extiw" title="de:entzücken">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/faszinieren#German" title="faszinieren">faszinieren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/faszinieren" class="extiw" title="de:faszinieren">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/fesseln#German" title="fesseln">fesseln</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/fesseln" class="extiw" title="de:fesseln">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/elb%C5%B1v%C3%B6l#Hungarian" title="elbűvöl">elbűvöl</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/elb%C5%B1v%C3%B6l" class="extiw" title="hu:elbűvöl">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/elragadtat#Hungarian" title="elragadtat">elragadtat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/elragadtat" class="extiw" title="hu:elragadtat">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lebilincsel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lebilincsel (page does not exist)">lebilincsel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/lebilincsel" class="extiw" title="hu:lebilincsel">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lefegyverez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lefegyverez (page does not exist)">lefegyverez</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/lefegyverez" class="extiw" title="hu:lefegyverez">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/leny%C5%B1g%C3%B6z#Hungarian" title="lenyűgöz">lenyűgöz</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/leny%C5%B1g%C3%B6z" class="extiw" title="hu:lenyűgöz">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=levesz_a_l%C3%A1b%C3%A1r%C3%B3l&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="levesz a lábáról (page does not exist)">levesz a lábáról</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mag%C3%A1val_ragad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="magával ragad (page does not exist)">magával ragad</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mag%C3%A1val_ragad" class="extiw" title="hu:magával ragad">(hu)</a></span>,, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=megbabon%C3%A1z&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="megbabonáz (page does not exist)">megbabonáz</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megbabon%C3%A1z" class="extiw" title="hu:megbabonáz">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=megh%C3%B3d%C3%ADt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="meghódít (page does not exist)">meghódít</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megh%C3%B3d%C3%ADt" class="extiw" title="hu:meghódít">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=megig%C3%A9z&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="megigéz (page does not exist)">megigéz</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megig%C3%A9z" class="extiw" title="hu:megigéz">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/megnyer#Hungarian" title="megnyer">megnyer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megnyer" class="extiw" title="hu:megnyer">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/megragad#Hungarian" title="megragad">megragad</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megragad" class="extiw" title="hu:megragad">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/rabul_ejt#Hungarian" title="rabul ejt">rabul ejt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/rabul_ejt" class="extiw" title="hu:rabul ejt">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/accattivare#Italian" title="accattivare">accattivare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/accattivare" class="extiw" title="it:accattivare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=attirare_l%27attenzione&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="attirare l'attenzione (page does not exist)">attirare l'attenzione</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/attrarre#Italian" title="attrarre">attrarre</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/attrarre" class="extiw" title="it:attrarre">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/catturare#Italian" title="catturare">catturare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/catturare" class="extiw" title="it:catturare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%83%B9%E3%81%8D%E4%BB%98%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="惹き付ける">惹き付ける</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ひきつける, hikitsukeru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%93%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="маѓепса">ма́ѓепса</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">máǵepsa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B8#Macedonian" title="освои">о́свои</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">ósvoi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%81tahu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ātahu (page does not exist)">ātahu</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/cativar#Portuguese" title="cativar">cativar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cativar" class="extiw" title="pt:cativar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="очаровывать">очаро́вывать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:очаровывать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">očaróvyvatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="очаровать">очарова́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:очаровать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">očarovátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="пленять">пленя́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:пленять">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">plenjátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="пленить">плени́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:пленить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">plenítʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="зачаровывать">зачаро́вывать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:зачаровывать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">začaróvyvatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="зачаровать">зачарова́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:зачаровать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">začarovátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/be%C3%B2-ghlac#Scottish_Gaelic" title="beò-ghlac">beò-ghlac</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Serbo-Croatian" title="очарати">оча́рати</a></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/o%C4%8Darati#Serbo-Croatian" title="očarati">očárati</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/o%C4%8Darati" class="extiw" title="sh:očarati">(sh)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cautivar#Spanish" title="cautivar">cautivar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cautivar" class="extiw" title="es:cautivar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/captivar#Spanish" title="captivar">captivar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/captivar" class="extiw" title="es:captivar">(es)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">disused</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/embelesar#Spanish" title="embelesar">embelesar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/embelesar" class="extiw" title="es:embelesar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%A4ngsla#Swedish" title="fängsla">fängsla</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%A4ngsla" class="extiw" title="sv:fängsla">(sv)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See Etymology 1. Equivalent to <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/captive#English" title="captive">captive</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-ate#English:_adjective" title="-ate">-ate</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">adjective-forming suffix</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">captivate</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">captivate</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">also <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/make#Verb" title="make">Made</a> <a href="/wiki/captive#Adjective" title="captive">captive</a>; <a href="/wiki/take#Verb" title="take">taken</a> <a href="/wiki/prisoner" title="prisoner">prisoner</a>; <a href="/wiki/capture#Adjective" title="capture">captured</a>, <a href="/wiki/subdued#Adjective" title="subdued">subdued</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1591</b></span> (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI,_Part_1" class="extiw" title="w:Henry VI, Part 1">The First Part of Henry the Sixt</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act V, scene v<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n479/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">116</span></a>, column 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Tuſh, vvomen haue bene <b>captiuate</b> ere novv.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1610</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Camden" class="extiw" title="w:William Camden">William Camden</a>, “Wilshire”, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philemon_Holland" class="extiw" title="w:Philemon Holland">Philémon Holland</a>, transl., <cite>Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and the Ilands Adioyning, out of the Depth of Antiquitie: Beautified With Mappes of the Severall Shires of England: Written First in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. Translated Newly into English by Philémon Holland Doctour in Physick: Finally, Revised, Amended, and Enlarged with Sundry Additions by the Said Author.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Impensis">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Eliot’s Court Press for<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1166778000">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435017950031&view=1up&seq=259">page <span class="None" lang="und">247</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">VVhat is Gods houſe in Caſtle pent, but like that Arke of bliſſe / In <i><a href="/wiki/Baalim#English" title="Baalim">Balaims</a></i> temple <b>Captivate</b>? Ech place a priſon is.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=captivate&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">Compare <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/dictionary/captivate_v">captivate, <i>v.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img 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