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captivation

noun

Etymology

From captivate + -ion.

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻
  2. derived from captīvus — “captive, prisoner”
  3. learned borrowing from captīvātus
  4. suffixed as captivation — “captivate + ion”

Definitions

  1. The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.

    • But the test of an oration is not only its immediate effect; there are tricks of elocution, a jugglery of manner, and even a personal captivation that so win the senses as to bewilder the judgment.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA