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captivatecap‧ti‧vate /ˈkæptɪveɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcaptivate |
Present | I, you, we, they | captivate | | he, she, it | captivates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | captivated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have captivated | | he, she, it | has captivated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had captivated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will captivate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have captivated |
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Present | I | am captivating | | he, she, it | is captivating | | you, we, they | are captivating | Past | I, he, she, it | was captivating | | you, we, they | were captivating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been captivating | | he, she, it | has been captivating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been captivating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be captivating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been captivating |
- I was captivated by her smile.
- He comes across in large, energetic, engulfing, captivating waves, at once friendly and disturbing.
- He heard Rapunzel singing from her room and became captivated.
- I am disoriented, but captivated.
- It is the promise of improvement that makes golf captivating.
- They were captivated by the beautiful village, played croquet on the lawn and altogether had a delightful time.
- Wells was captivated by the wave of optimism engendered by the great age of heroic invention at the turn of the century.
- Yet the idea of a post-apocalyptic city captivates the contemporary mind and its images continue to proliferate.
to attract someone very much, and hold their attentionbe captivated by somebody/something He was captivated by her beauty. |