Word Meanings - TAKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
p. p. of Take.
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- 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. - ENSLAVEMENT
The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South. - ENTHRALL
To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall. The bars survive the captive they enthrall. Byron. - ENSLAVEDNESS
State of being enslaved. - SMITTEN
p. p. of Smite. - CHARMLESS
Destitute of charms. Swift. - CHARMER
1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11. 2. One who delights and attracts the affections. - CAPTIVATING
Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"tiva`ting*ly, adv. - ENTHRALLMENT
The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment. - FASCINATE
1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to - FASCINATION
1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest - ENSLAVER
One who enslaves. Swift. - CAPTIVATION
The act of captivating. The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall. - ENSLAVE
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence. The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton. Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper. - CHARMFUL
Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre." Cowley. - CHARMERESS
An enchantress. Chaucer. - TAKEN
p. p. of Take. - CHARMING
Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. Milton. Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; - CHARM
for casmen, akin to Skr. çasman, çasa, a laudatory song, from a root 1. A melody; a song. With charm of earliest birds. Milton. Free liberty to chant our charms at will. Spenser. 2. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice - CAPTURE
1. The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal. Even with regard to captures made at sea. Bluckstone. 2. The securing of an object of strife - BECHARM
To charm; to captivate. - RECAPTURE
1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor. 2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken. - MISTAKEN
1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion. - REENSLAVE
To enslave again. - OUTTAKEN
or prep. Excepted; save. Wyclif. Chaucer. - COUNTERCHARM
To destroy the effect of a charm upon. - PISCICAPTURE
Capture of fishes, as by angling. W. H. Russell. - DISENSLAVE
To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South. - UNCHARM
To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl.