"captivation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: captivations [plural]
Etymology: From captivate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|captivate|ion}} captivate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} captivation (countable and uncountable, plural captivations)
  1. The act of captivating or the state of being captivated. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: recaptivation Translations (act or state of being captivated): beò-ghlacadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)

Inflected forms

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