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Adjective: captivated  'kap-ti`vey-tid
  1. Strongly attracted
    - charmed
     
  2. Filled with wonder and delight
    - beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced
Verb: captivate  'kap-tu`veyt
  1. Attract; cause to be enamoured
    "She captivated all the men's hearts"
    - capture, enamour [Brit, Cdn], trance, catch, becharm [archaic], enamor [US], beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

See also: captivation, captive, enchanted, loving

Type of: appeal, attract

Encyclopedia: Captivate