captivate

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.

   “Hovv ill-beſeeming is it in thy Sex, / To triumph like an Amazonian Trull, / Vpon their VVoes, vvhom Fortune captiuates?”

2. fiil To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate.

   “Hee hath no skill in Rhetoricke, nor can hee vvith a preface fore-ſtall and captivate the Gentle Readers good vvill: nor careth he greatly to knovve it.”

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

   “Hir ſlippers rauyſhed his eyes, hir bewtye captyuated his mynde, with the swerde ſmote ſhe of his neck.”

4. sıfat Made captive; taken prisoner; captured, subdued.

   “Tuſh, vvomen haue bene captiuate ere novv.”