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captivate
What does captivate mean?
captivate (verb): to attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use captivate in a sentence?
How do you pronounce captivate?
/ˈkæptɪˌveɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does captivate come from?
Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, the perfect passive participle of captīvō (“to capture”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of captivate?
Words related to captivate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “captivate” mean?
to attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain
Right! That's what “captivate” means.
to seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise
Not quite: that's what consult means.
to make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something; to smell (something)
Not quite: that's what sniff means.
to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating
Not quite: that's what lean means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “captivate”?
rival
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climb
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charm
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trace
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