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Definition
to attract and hold the interest (of someone)
- "Villefort," she exclaimed in her softest and most captivating manner.Chapters 99-100 (48% in)
- As Monte Cristo approached, she leaned upon the elbow of the arm that held the narghile, and extending to him her other hand, said, with a smile of captivating sweetness, in the sonorous language spoken by the women of Athens and Sparta, "Why demand permission ere you enter?Chapters 49-50 (18% in)
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