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inˈcaptivate, v. rare. Also en-. [f. ppl. stem of med.L. incaptīvāre, f. in- (in-2) + late L. captīvāre to captivate: cf. It. incattivare (Florio).] trans. To take captive, bring into captivity.
1611Florio, Incattiuare, to encaptiuate. 1683Tryon Way to Health 563 That man should so prodigiously degrade, dishonour and incaptivate himself. 1771T. Hull Hist. Sir W. Harrington I. 223 The radiant beams of your encaptivating splendor. 1882Ogilvie (Annandale), Encaptivate. |