To capture.
1825. He was perceived; beckoned for; and, before he knew that any body was near, “captivated” by a man, who held a knife at his throat.—John Neal, ‘Brother Jonathan,’ iii. 112.
1840. We can captivate those chaps complete, I tell ye, if they only move a little further down stream, where the woody mound shoulders the current.—C. F. Hoffman, ‘Greyslaer,’ i. 114.
