Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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captivate

UK /ˈkæptɪveɪt/ · US /ˈkæptəˌveɪt/ verb, adjective

Forms captivates captivating captivated captivatest captivatedst captivateth

  1. verb To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
  2. verb (figuratively) To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate.
  3. verb (figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
  4. adjective (also figuratively, obsolete) Made captive; taken prisoner; captured, subdued.

Synonyms

enchant enamour capture trance catch becharm enamor beguile charm fascinate bewitch entrance

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin captīvātus, the perfect passive participle of captīvō (“to capture”), from Latin captīvus (“captive, prisoner”) (ultimately from capiō (“to capture, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to hold; to seize”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs). Equivalent to captive + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

See Etymology 1. Equivalent to captive + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.]
  2. verb To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
  3. Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.

Etymology [L. captivatus, p. p. of captivare to capture, fr. captivus captive. See Captive.]

Etymology [L. captivatus.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “captivate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “captivate” (best matches first).