"captivate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkæptɪvət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæptəˌvət/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-captivate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more captivate [comparative], most captivate [superlative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, the perfect passive participle of captīvō (“to capture”), from Latin captīvus (“captive, prisoner”) (ultimately from capiō (“to capture, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs). The English word is analyzable as captive + -ate (suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act [in the specified manner]’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-|*-eh₂tos}}, {{lbor|en|LL.|captīvātus}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|LL.|captīvō|t=to capture}} captīvō (“to capture”), {{der|en|la|captīvus|t=captive, prisoner}} Latin captīvus (“captive, prisoner”), {{m|la|capiō|t=to capture, seize}} capiō (“to capture, seize”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kap-|*keh₂p-|to hold; to seize}} Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|conjugation}} conjugation, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{m|la|-ō|pos=suffix forming first-conjugation verbs}} -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{affix|en|captive|-ate|pos2=suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act 􂀿in the specified manner􂁀’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by 􂀿the specified thing􂁀’}} captive + -ate (suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act [in the specified manner]’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’) Head templates: {{en-adj}} captivate (comparative more captivate, superlative most captivate)
  1. (also figuratively, obsolete) Made captive; taken prisoner; captured, subdued. Tags: also, figuratively, obsolete
    Sense id: en-captivate-en-adj-ZyV6sVCw Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 34 19 9 38

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkæptɪveɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæptəˌveɪt/ [General-American] Forms: captivates [present, singular, third-person], captivating [participle, present], captivated [participle, past], captivated [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], captivate [infinitive]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, the perfect passive participle of captīvō (“to capture”), from Latin captīvus (“captive, prisoner”) (ultimately from capiō (“to capture, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs). The English word is analyzable as captive + -ate (suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act [in the specified manner]’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-|*-eh₂tos}}, {{lbor|en|LL.|captīvātus}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|LL.|captīvō|t=to capture}} captīvō (“to capture”), {{der|en|la|captīvus|t=captive, prisoner}} Latin captīvus (“captive, prisoner”), {{m|la|capiō|t=to capture, seize}} capiō (“to capture, seize”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kap-|*keh₂p-|to hold; to seize}} Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|conjugation}} conjugation, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{m|la|-ō|pos=suffix forming first-conjugation verbs}} -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{affix|en|captive|-ate|pos2=suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act 􂀿in the specified manner􂁀’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by 􂀿the specified thing􂁀’}} captive + -ate (suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act [in the specified manner]’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’) Head templates: {{en-verb}} captivate (third-person singular simple present captivates, present participle captivating, simple past and past participle captivated) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=captivat}}
  1. (obsolete)
    To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-captivate-en-verb-pgy0P4Pu Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 34 19 9 38
  2. (obsolete)
    (figuratively) To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate.
    Tags: figuratively, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-captivate-en-verb-v1B91cR9
  3. (figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: enchant, enamour Translations (to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest): أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa) (Arabic), أَسَرَ (ʔasara) (Arabic), فَتَنَ (fatana) (Arabic), зачаро́ўваць (začaróŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), зачарава́ць (začaravácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), очаровам (očarovam) (Bulgarian), captivar (Catalan), 著迷 (Chinese Mandarin), 着迷 (zháomí) (Chinese Mandarin), bekoren (Dutch), boeien (Dutch), fascineren (Dutch), kiehtoa (Finnish), captiver (French), bestechen (German), bezaubern (German), entzücken (German), faszinieren (German), fesseln (German), elbűvöl (Hungarian), elragadtat (Hungarian), lebilincsel (Hungarian), lefegyverez (Hungarian), lenyűgöz (Hungarian), levesz a lábáról (Hungarian), magával ragad (Hungarian), megbabonáz (Hungarian), meghódít (Hungarian), megigéz (Hungarian), megnyer (Hungarian), megragad (Hungarian), rabul ejt (Hungarian), accattivare (Italian), attirare l'attenzione (Italian), attrarre (Italian), catturare (Italian), 惹き付ける (hikitsukeru) (alt: ひきつける) (Japanese), ма́ѓепса (máǵepsa) (Macedonian), о́свои (ósvoi) (Macedonian), ātahu (Maori), cativar (Portuguese), очаро́вывать (očaróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очарова́ть (očarovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), пленя́ть (plenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), плени́ть (plenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), зачаро́вывать (začaróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зачарова́ть (začarovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), beò-ghlac (Scottish Gaelic), оча́рати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), očárati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), cautivar (Spanish), fängsla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-captivate-en-verb-dDfV0IYD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 9 4 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 10 4 54 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 35 11 9 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 34 19 9 38 Disambiguation of 'to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: captivated [adjective], captivating [adjective, noun], captivator, recaptivate, uncaptivate Related terms: captivation, captive, capture

Verb [Latin]

Forms: captīvāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=captīvāte}} captīvāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of captīvō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: captīvō
    Sense id: en-captivate-la-verb-tS5CBpLj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "очаровам"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "著迷"
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          "word": "bekoren"
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          "word": "boeien"
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          "word": "kiehtoa"
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          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "captiver"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "bestechen"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "bezaubern"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "entzücken"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "faszinieren"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "fesseln"
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          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "elbűvöl"
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          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "lenyűgöz"
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          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "levesz a lábáról"
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          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
          "word": "megbabonáz"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḵaḏa",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "أَخَذَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔasara",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "أَسَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fatana",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "فَتَنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "začaróŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачаро́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "začaravácʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачарава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očarovam",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "очаровам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "captivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "著迷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zháomí",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "着迷"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "bekoren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "boeien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "fascineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "kiehtoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "captiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "bestechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "bezaubern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "entzücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "faszinieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "fesseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "elbűvöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "elragadtat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "lebilincsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "lefegyverez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "lenyűgöz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "levesz a lábáról"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "magával ragad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "megbabonáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "meghódít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "megigéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "megnyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "megragad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "rabul ejt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "accattivare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "attirare l'attenzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "attrarre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "catturare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひきつける",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikitsukeru",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "惹き付ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máǵepsa",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "ма́ѓепса"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ósvoi",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "о́свои"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "ātahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "cativar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očaróvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "очаро́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očarovátʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "очарова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plenjátʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пленя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plenítʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "плени́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začaróvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачаро́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začarovátʹ",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачарова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "beò-ghlac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "оча́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "očárati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "cautivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to attract and hold (someone’s) attention and interest",
      "word": "fängsla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "captivate"
}

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English heteronyms",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *-eh₂tos",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-",
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    "English terms with audio links",
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "t": "to capture"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "captīvus",
        "t": "captive, prisoner"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "t": "to capture, seize"
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      "expansion": "capiō (“to capture, seize”)",
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    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "verb",
      "name": "glossary"
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    {
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        "pos": "suffix forming first-conjugation verbs"
      },
      "expansion": "-ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs)",
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        "pos2": "suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act 􂀿in the specified manner􂁀’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by 􂀿the specified thing􂁀’"
      },
      "expansion": "captive + -ate (suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act [in the specified manner]’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, the perfect passive participle of captīvō (“to capture”), from Latin captīvus (“captive, prisoner”) (ultimately from capiō (“to capture, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs). The English word is analyzable as captive + -ate (suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to act [in the specified manner]’, and adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the specified thing]’).",
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    {
      "form": "more captivate",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most captivate",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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  ],
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    "cap‧tiv‧ate"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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        "Made captive; taken prisoner; captured, subdued."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Made",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "captive",
          "captive#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "taken",
          "take#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "prisoner",
          "prisoner"
        ],
        [
          "captured",
          "capture#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "subdued",
          "subdued#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
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        "(also figuratively, obsolete) Made captive; taken prisoner; captured, subdued."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæptɪvət/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæptəˌvət/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-captivate.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "captivate"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "captīvāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "captīvāte"
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      "expansion": "captīvāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "captīvō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of captīvō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "captīvō",
          "captivo#Latin"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "captivate"
}

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