Dictionary - Definition of CAPTATION


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Captation" is a common misspelling or typo for: capitation, coaptation.

Date "Captation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Captation \Cap*ta`tion\, noun. [Latin expression captatio, from captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: compare to the French expression captation.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CAPTATION

Domain	Definition
Law	CAPTATION, French law. 1. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally taken in a bad sense. 2. Captation takes place by those demonstrations of attachment and friendship, by those assiduous attentions, by those services and officious little presents which are usual among friends, and by all those means which ordinarily render us agreeable to others. When those attentions are unattended by deceit or fraud, they are perfectly fair, and the captation is lawful; but if, under the mask of friendship, fraud is the object, and means are used to deceive the person with whom you are connected, then the captation is fraudulent, and the acts procured by the captator are void. See Influence. (references)
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "CAPTATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Captation \Cap*ta`tion\, noun. [Latin expression captatio, from captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: compare to the French expression captation.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CAPTATION

Domain	Definition
Law	CAPTATION, French law. 1. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally taken in a bad sense. 2. Captation takes place by those demonstrations of attachment and friendship, by those assiduous attentions, by those services and officious little presents which are usual among friends, and by all those means which ordinarily render us agreeable to others. When those attentions are unattended by deceit or fraud, they are perfectly fair, and the captation is lawful; but if, under the mask of friendship, fraud is the object, and means are used to deceive the person with whom you are connected, then the captation is fraudulent, and the acts procured by the captator are void. See Influence. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top