Verb (used with object), : Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him. From Dictionary.com.
Aerospace is a motivator and captivator in schools, not for all kids, but it is the "spark" that will send many kids off into STEM Careers. From Wordnik.com. [Wayne Hale: NASA Can Provide the Inspiration - NASA Watch] Reference
"Mischief-maker, heart captivator, and worth her weight in gold," finished the familiar voice which Peace could not quite place in her memory. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
Then Bernard, thinking he might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, became all the more engrossed with his captivator, and it was in at one of strong discontent that he exclaimed, as they were returning, -- "Why, there's Alec and Janet Cameron coming down to the house!". From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
It was necessary to link you to us and we employed our foremost captivator, the dandy of two countries, the international Lothario, the Viscount-baron Gratian von. From Wordnik.com. [The Son of Clemenceau] Reference
Or to restate: the novel as the great documenter and supporter of bourgeois life, as the polyphonic captivator of discourse in text and the great indoctrinator in to the norms of the emergence of the modern, democratic state is dead. From Wordnik.com. [A Motley Vision] Reference
It's not that we need another reminder of the demoralizing economy, but director Silvio Soldini's modest new captivator -- about a middle-aged Genoa couple whose relationship begins to buckle under the weight of financial duress -- exposes the tenuous politics of potentially every marriage with perceptive nuances, not the archetypal plate-throwing hysteria or maudlin austerity of countless European art-house dramas. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
There’s no doubt that he is obviously an extremely talented mob captivator, a charismatic demagogue, as Thomas Sowell describes him. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
‘Nickleby,’ said Mr Mantalini in tears, ‘you have been made a witness to this demnition cruelty, on the part of the demdest enslaver and captivator that never was, oh dem!. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
Has his captivator any pleasure?. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
When he selected any one, out of the sovereignty of his good pleasure, to whom he should pay his particular attention, she was instantly invested with a sufficient stock of charms out of the plentiful stores of his own imagination: and there was often a great dissimilitude between his fair captivator, as she appeared to others and as she seemed when invested with the attributes he gave her. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham] Reference
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