Etymological root

capere

Latin

# capere

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** capere

## Words From This Root
- conceited - excessively proud of oneself; vain
- deception - the act of deceiving or misleading someone
- captivating - capable of attracting and holding interest; charming
- captivate - to attract and hold the attention by charm or beauty
- perceptible - able to be seen or noticed; discernible
- acceptably - in a way that is satisfactory or adequate
- caitiff - a cowardly and despicable person; base and craven
- deceiver - a person who misleads or tricks others
- preceptor - a teacher or instructor, especially a tutor or mentor
- princely - befitting a prince; generous or lavish in scale
- acceptableness - the quality of being acceptable or satisfactory
- acceptation - the accepted or usual meaning of a word or expression
- capableness - the quality of being able or competent
- conceptual - relating to or based on mental concepts or abstract ideas
- deceitful - given to or characterized by deceiving; dishonest
- deceitfulness - the quality of being deceitful; dishonesty
- incapable - lacking the ability, capacity, or fitness to do something
- incapacitate - to deprive of strength, ability, or legal capacity
- municipality - a town or district with its own local self-government
- perceptiveness - keen insight or sensitivity in understanding
- preoccupancy - the act or state of occupying something before another
- receivership - the state of being managed by a court-appointed receiver
- receptive - willing to consider new ideas or suggestions
- acceptability - the quality of being satisfactory or able to be agreed to
- accepter - a person who accepts or agrees to something
- anticipator - one who foresees or acts in advance of something
- anticipatory - happening in expectation of, or anticipating, a future event
- capably - in a competent and effective manner
- capacitate - to make capable; to qualify or enable
- captious - inclined to find trivial faults; carping
- captivation - the state of being charmed or fascinated
- captivity - the condition of being imprisoned or confined
- conceitedness - excessive pride in oneself; vanity
- conceptional - relating to a concept or to conception
- deceptious - tending to deceive; deceptive (archaic)
- deceptiveness - the quality of being misleading or deceptive
- emancipate - to set free from legal, social, or political restraint
- imperceivable - unable to be perceived by the senses or mind
- incapability - the state of being unable to do something; lack of ability
- incapacity - inability to do something, or legal disqualification from acting
- inceptive - relating to or marking the beginning of an action or state
- inconceivable - impossible to imagine or believe
- misconceive - to understand or interpret wrongly
- occupancy - the act of occupying or using a space, or the proportion so used
- occupationless - having no job, profession, or regular activity
- occupier - a person who lives in or holds a place, or a force holding occupied territory
- perceivable - capable of being perceived or noticed
- percipient - having keen perception or insight
- receivable - owed as a debt and awaiting collection; an amount due to be received
- receptor - a cell or molecule that detects a stimulus and responds to it

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