captivation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"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."

Etymology tree English captivate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English captivation From captivate + -ion.

captivations (plural)

recaptivation

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What does captivation mean?

The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.

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