Word Meanings - CAPTIVATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of captivating. The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall.

Related words: (words related to CAPTIVATION)

• CAPTIVATE
  1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak. 2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
• UNDERSTANDINGLY
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.
• CAPTIVATING
  Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"tiva`ting*ly, adv.
• UNDERSTANDING
  Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man.
• UNDERSTAND
  understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge
• CAPTIVATION
  The act of captivating. The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall.
• UNDERSTANDER
  One who understands, or knows by experience. Dryden.
• UNDERSTANDABLE
  Capable of being understood; intelligible. Chillingworth.
• MISUNDERSTANDER
  One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.
• MISUNDERSTANDING
  1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. Bacon. 2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.
• INUNDERSTANDING
  Void of understanding. Bp. Pearson.
• MISUNDERSTAND
  To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.