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/ ˈkæp tɪv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a prisoner.
a person who is enslaved or dominated: He is the captive of his own fears.
adjective made or held prisoner, especially in war: captive troops.
kept in confinement or restraint: captive animals.
enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated: her captive beau.
of or relating to a captive.
managed as an affiliate or subsidiary of a corporation and operated almost exclusively for the use or needs of the parent corporation rather than independently for the general public: a captive shop; a captive mine.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of captive First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English or directly from Middle French, from Latin captīvus, equivalent to capt(us) “taken” (past participle of capere “to take”) + -īvus adjective suffix (see -ive)
OTHER WORDS FROM captive non·cap·tive, adjective pseu·do·cap·tive, adjective Words nearby captive captan, CAPTCHA, caption, captious, captivate, captive , captive audience, captive market, captivity, captopril, captor
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Example sentences from the Web for captive It is also home to three small packs of captive -born wolves, a handful of injured raptors, and five American river otters.
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The workers feel the tooting vibration and move to keep the other queens captive .
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Sabrine reports that the latest demands by ISIS militants are three prisoners for every captive soldier.
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This time the captive was forced to make a speech blaming the British government for his death.
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Italy has been known to pay ransom for its captive nationals in the past.
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The oldest of the captive sisters was pretending to be the mother of the youngest girl, hoping they would be kept together.
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Asian slapstick humor does not translate well, and most of the captive audience agreed, although they grudgingly watched it.
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This was one of the two names that Hippy had heard mentioned when he was the captive of the mountaineers.
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Driven off thrice with gun-shots, would she make another try to feed or free her captive young one?
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I feigned love, whispered compliments, in short, so skillfully did I dissimulate that she believed I was Love's own captive .
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They received his orders as coming from a captive , and disobeyed without even sending him a reply.
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“A splendid longicorn,” he said, fishing a pill-box from his pocket, and carefully imprisoning his captive .
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British Dictionary definitions for captive noun a person or animal that is confined or restrained, esp a prisoner of war
a person whose behaviour is dominated by some emotion a captive of love
adjective held as prisoner
held under restriction or control; confined captive water held behind a dam
captivated; enraptured
unable by circumstances to avoid speeches, advertisements, etc (esp in the phrase captive audience )
Word Origin for captive C14: from Latin captīvus, from capere to take
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