transitive. To seize and hold (a person) as a captive or prisoner, esp. in war.

transitive. To make captive.

To take prisoner, to catch.

To take captive, bring into captivity. literal.

to take (a person) prisoner: to seize and hold (a person) as a prisoner, esp. in war.

to lead captive, to take captive, to hold captive: perhaps this was originally the noun, as in to take prisoner, but it remains unchanged in the…

transitive. To enthrall; to take captive.

transitive. To make captive, take prisoner, capture. Obsolete or archaic.

poetic. To take prisoner; to hold in confinement or captivity.

To make into a captive; to captivate, enthral.

transitive. To make a capture of; to take prisoner; to catch by force, surprise, or stratagem; to seize as a prize in war.

to lead captive, to take captive, to hold captive: perhaps this was originally the noun, as in to take prisoner, but it remains unchanged in the…