Which is the meaning of the root -cap- in words such as captivate and captive?

English

2 answers:

Andreyy893 years ago

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Answer:

Seize

Explanation:

The root cap is a variant of the primary root word cept that means to take or to receive. Cap only means to take or to seize, and such concept is present in words such as the following:

To captivate: To seize someone with charm or to attract and hold the interest and attention of someone.
Captive: One who has been seized and enslaved.
Captor: One who seizes and enslaves.
To capture: To seize or to get possession of something or someone, usually a criminal.
Capacity: The ability of something, like a box, to take a number of things or persons into it.

Free_Kalibri [48]3 years ago

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Seize means to take and -cap- means to take so it would be Seize.

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