Obs. Also 6–7 -at. [ad. L. captīvāt-us: see prec.] = CAPTIVATED. Hence † Captivately adv., in captive condition or form.
1556. J. Heywood, Spider & F., lxxiii. 12. Before nor since my suffrance captiuatlie.
1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 137 b. It is bond, servile and altogether captivate.
1591. Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., V. iii. 107. Tush, women haue bene captiuate ere now.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit., I. 247. What is Gods house in Castle pent, but like that Arke of blisse In Balaims temple Captivate?
1671. [R. MacWard], True Non-conf., 427. His Majestie … was so possessed and captivat by a design.
