captivate

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcaptivatecap‧ti‧vate /ˈkæptɪveɪt/ verb [transitive] ATTRACTto attract someone very much, and hold their attentionbe captivated by somebody/something He was captivated by her beauty.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscaptivate• 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.• I was captivated by her smile.• 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.• He comes across in large, energetic, engulfing, captivating waves, at once friendly and disturbing.be captivated by somebody/something• I was captivated by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.• I am told of young people who, for the first time in their lives, are captivated by politics.• They were captivated by the beautiful village, played croquet on the lawn and altogether had a delightful time.• Elisabeth was no longer interested in these things but was captivated by the Colonel's enthusiasm for his subjects.• Lear was captivated by the extraordinary and extrovert family of parrots.• Rex was captivated by the sea in a way that others might be avid golf players or inveterate bird watchers.• Wells was captivated by the wave of optimism engendered by the great age of heroic invention at the turn of the century.• Edna was captivated by what she termed a cosmic sweetness.

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captivate

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	captivate
he, she, it	captivates
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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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Continuous Form
Present
I	am captivating
he, she, it	is captivating
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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
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