Synonymer

Uttal

  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈkæptɪveɪt/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈkæp.tə.ˌveɪt/

Ingen översättning hittades i den valda målspråket.

Liknande ord

Definitioner

Verb

  1. To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.
  2. (obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

Exempel

  • small landscapes of captivating loveliness
  • 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 […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
  • Their woes whom fortune captivates.
  • 'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipcaptivated
Imperfektcaptivated
Presensparticipcaptivating
Tredje person singular indicativ presenscaptivates
Tredje person singular indicativ presenscaptivateth

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