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captivation

captivation noun: the act of captivating or the state of being captivated.

Noun

captivation (countable and uncountable, plural captivations)

  1. The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
    • 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.1851, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Characteristics of Literature: Illustrated by the Genius of Distinguished Writers

captivation meaning in Tamil

captivation in Tamil

captivation, attraction
கவர்ச்சி kavarcci

Forms of captivation

pluralcaptivations

Origin of captivation

From captivate + -ion.

Words formed from captivation

Questions about captivation

What does captivation mean?
Captivation means the act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
What is captivation in Tamil?
Captivation in Tamil is கவர்ச்சி (kavarcci). See Captivation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is captivation?
Captivation is a noun.
What is the plural of captivation?
The plural of captivation is captivations.

Words near captivation in the dictionary

  1. captivatest
  2. captivateth
  3. captivating
  4. captivatingly
  5. captivatingness
  6. captivation
  7. captivations
  8. captivative
  9. captivator
  10. captivators
  11. captivatress

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Adapted from Wiktionary: captivation (page history and authors); கவர்ச்சி (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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