Captivate
101engage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bind, obligate, pledge, promise; betroth; hire, enlist, employ, book, retain; reserve, secure; occupy, interest, engross, attract, entangle, involve, interlock; set about, take up; fight, contend.… …
102ravish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. charm, captivate, enchant, enthrall; carry off, deflower, rape, violate. See pleasure, impurity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To charm] Syn. delight, please, enchant, enrapture, bewitch, captivate,… …
103take — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. catch, capture (see acquisition); plagiarize, pirate (see stealing); take by storm; snap or pick up; do; work, be effective; snap a picture. n. taking; informal, receipts, haul, gate (sl.), swag (sl.) …
104tempt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. entice, cajole, fascinate, lure, decoy, seduce; provoke, defy, incite, appeal, attract. See desire, attraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lure, entice, fascinate, seduce, appeal to, inveigle, decoy,… …
105Restraint — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Restraint >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 restraint restraint Sgm: N 1 hindrance hindrance &c. 706 Sgm: N 1 coercion coercion &c.(compulsion) 744 Sgm: N 1 cohibition cohibition constraint repression …
106capture — [16] Along with its relatives captive, captivity, captivate, and captor, capture is the English language’s most direct lineal descendant of Latin capere ‘take, seize’ (others include capable, case for carrying things, cater, and chase, and heave… …
107slain — (slay) sleɪn v. kill, murder, slaughter; destroy, exterminate; overwhelm, captivate (Slang) sleɪn adj. killed, murdered sleɪ v. kill, murder, slaughter; destroy, exterminate; overwhelm, captivate (Slang) …
108taken — (take) tak·en || teɪkÉ™n v. get into one s possession; seize, capture, possess; grasp with the hands; contract, be affected with; carry away; captivate, charm; subtract, minus; do; occupy; ingest; ride; accept; feel; study; write down; endure;… …
109capture — [16] Along with its relatives captive, captivity, captivate, and captor, capture is the English language’s most direct lineal descendant of Latin capere ‘take, seize’ (others include capable, case for carrying things, cater, and chase, and heave… …
110captivation — noun 1. the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) • Syn: ↑fascination • Derivationally related forms: ↑captivate, ↑fascinate (for: ↑fascination) • Hypernyms: ↑ …