cap‧tiv‧ate captivate (third-person singular simple present captivates, present participle captivating, simple past and past participle captivated) (transitive)...
[ˈkæptɪvæɪɾɪŋ] Hyphenation: cap‧tiv‧at‧ing captivating (comparative more captivating, superlative most captivating) That captivates; fascinating. Showing great beauty;...
captivate + -ion captivation (countable and uncountable, plural captivations) The act of captivating or the state of being captivated. 1851, Henry Theodore...
See also: captivâtes captivates third-person singular simple present indicative of captivate captatives...
captivator (plural captivators) A person who captivates, or holds one captive. 1858, Mary Cowden Clarke, World-noted Women: Or, Types of Womanly Attributes...