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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of captivating; the state or condition of being captivated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare The act of captivating.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
  • noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

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