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Adjective: captivating  'kap-ti`vey-ting
  1. Capturing interest as if by a spell
    "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"
    - bewitching, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
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: attractive, captivation, captive

Type of: appeal, attract

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