Obs. Also 6–7 incaptive. [f. EN-1 + CAPTIVE a.] To make into a captive; to captivate, enthral.

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1592.  Nashe, P. Penilesse, B ij b. These two Earth wormes [Greediness and Niggardize] encaptiued this beautifull substaunce [gold]. Ibid. (1599), Lenten Stuffe, 59. To … encaptiue him to her trenchour.

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1605.  Daniel, Trag. Philotas, I. ii. More Than my incaptiv’d Fortune doth allow.

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