captivate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, the perfect passive participle of captīvō (“to capture”), from Latin captīvus (“captive, prisoner”) (ultimately from capiō (“to capture, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to hold; to seize”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs). Equivalent to captive +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæptɪveɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæptəˌveɪt/ Hyphenation: cap‧tiv‧ate ==== Verb ==== captivate (third-person singular simple present captivates, present participle captivating, simple past and past participle captivated) (transitive) (obsolete) To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue. (figuratively) To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate. (figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain. Synonyms: enchant, enamour ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== captivation captive capture ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See Etymology 1. Equivalent to captive +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæptɪvət/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæptəˌvət/ Hyphenation: cap‧tiv‧ate ==== Adjective ==== captivate (comparative more captivate, superlative most captivate) (also figuratively, obsolete) Made captive; taken prisoner; captured, subdued. === References === === Anagrams === captative == Latin == === Verb === captīvāte second-person plural present active imperative of captīvō