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cautivar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allure noun A powerful, attractive charm or appeal that draws people in.
  • beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  • captivate verb To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
  • engage verb To hold someone's attention or interest.
  • engross verb To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
  • mesmerize verb To hold someone's attention so completely that they cannot look away or think about anything else.

Senses

cautivar is used for these senses in English:

  • allure (transitive) To entice; to attract.
  • beguile (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
  • captivate (figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
  • engage (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
  • engross (transitive) To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
  • enrapture (transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
  • mesmerize To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.

allure — full definition

  1. noun A powerful, attractive charm or appeal that draws people in.
  2. verb To attract or tempt someone strongly.

beguile — full definition

  1. verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  2. verb To charm, delight or captivate.
  3. verb To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.

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