verb · transitive · rare

captivate

cap·tiv·ate

captivate · captivates · captivated · captivating

ловити, піймати, зловити

очаровать, пленить, очаровывать, зачаровать

fesseln, bestechen, faszinieren, entzücken

To attract and hold attention and interestTo attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

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UK/ˈkæptɪveɪt/US/ˈkæptəˌveɪt/

» I was captivated by her beauty.

Ich war von ihrer Schönheit gefesselt.

Я был пленён её красотой.

Meaning

3 senses

(figuratively, transitive)To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
bestechen, bezaubern, entzücken
очаро́выватьočaróvyvatʹ, очарова́тьočarovátʹ, пленя́тьplenjátʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate.

More definitions

attract; cause to be enamored

Examples

88 sentences

I was captivated by her beauty.
ruЯ был пленён её красотой.
deIch war von ihrer Schönheit gefesselt.
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He knows how to captivate his audience.
deEr weiß, wie er sein Publikum fesseln kann.
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Tom and Mary explored the village, captivated by the charming adobe houses.
Том і Мері дослідили село і були захоплені чарівними глинобитними будинками.
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He captivates us by his genius.
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People were captivated by the story.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, the perfect passive participle of captīvō (“

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).

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