Crossword clues for captivation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Captivation \Cap"ti*va`tion\, n. [L. capticatio.] The act of captivating. [R.]
The captivation of our understanding.
--Bp. Hall.
Wiktionary
n. The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
WordNet
n. the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) [syn: fascination]
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual [syn: enchantment, enthrallment, fascination]
Usage examples of "captivation".
Pitt gazed at the U-boat with hypnotic captivation, waiting with unblinking eyes for the next shell from the deck gun.
Weller was at first distracted between his love of joviality and his doubts whether they were not to be considered as so many evidences of captivation having already taken place.
Weller drew a long puff of smoke, and detecting himself in the very act of smiling on the housekeeper, put a sudden constraint upon his countenance and looked sternly at the candle, with a determination not to captivate, himself, or encourage thoughts of captivation in others.
Weller shook his own while she looked another way, and seemed to be troubled with a misgiving that captivation was in progress.
They should have known that captivation is the mission of a Disney film, a Disney theme park, a Disney merchandise store, a Disney anything.
That operation had served the dual purpose of concealing her artistic adoration of Boomer's heavy equipment (although she had every reason to suspect that Patsy's captivation with the manly apparatus exceeded her own) and of providing her with fresh blank surfaces upon which to paint.
Too—and perhaps most important of all—she "was bathed in the glow of his own captivation with her.