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Captious disposition or manner.

To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.] Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak.

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.

A capoch or hood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cover with, or as with, a hood. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

stablished in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. Sir W. Scott.

See Capuchin, 3.

Same as Capellet.

The Mexican chery (Prunus Capollin).

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

A large South American rodent (Hydrochærus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

mpositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.

Having no capsule.

A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

The common recoil escapement.