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captivations

captivations is the plural of captivation.

Meaning of captivation

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

Questions about captivations

What is captivations the plural of?
Captivations is the plural of captivation.

Words near captivations in the dictionary

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

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