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Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"tiva`ting*ly, adv.

The act of captivating. [R.] The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall.

by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another. Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. Milton.

The state of being a captive or a prisoner. More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs. Dryden.

One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

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. Even with regard to captures made at sea. Bluckstone.

One who opposes baptism, especially of infants. [Obs.] Featley.

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

An impost. [Obs.]

A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.]

Mutual adaption. R. Owen.

Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen.

The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.

A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious (#), a.

See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak.

To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. Shenstone.

One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids.

Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as, a graptolitic slate.

Having six processes. Gray.