захоплювати

Probably cognate with Belarusian заха́пваць (zaxápvacʹ).

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захо́плювати • (zaxópljuvaty) impf (perfective захопи́ти) (transitive)

1. to grasp, to grip, to grab
2. to seize, to capture, to occupy, to usurp

   Були часи, коли Новому Риму — Візантії щастило захоплювати в Європі, Азії, Єгипті великі простори землі

   Buly časy, koly Novomu Rymu — Vizantiji ščastylo zaxopljuvaty v Jevropi, Aziji, Jehypti velyki prostory zemli

   There were times when New Rome — the Byzantine Empire — managed to capture large areas of land in Europe, Asia, and Egypt.

3. to pick up, to gather up
4. to detain, arrest, capture
5. to appropriate another's property, seize
6. to take along, take with oneself
7. (figurative) to perceive, to see, take in through the senses
8. to captivate, intrigue, fascinate, amaze

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “захоплювати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “захоплювати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “захоплювати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “захоплювати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)