Captivate: alternatives and connections

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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One who, or that which, beguiles.

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One who, or that which, beguiles.

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A melody; a song.

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A melody; a song.

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To charm; to captivate.

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To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

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To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

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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.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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A melody; a song.

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To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of book…

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To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…

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To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

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A tedious journey.

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