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captive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Held prisoner; not free; confined.
A poor, miserable, captive thrall.
1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
Even in so short a space, my woman's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
captive chains; captive hours
Antonyms
noncaptive · non-captive
Deriveds
captive nation · captive audience · captive portal · captive insurer · captive candidate · captive bolt pistol · captive audience meeting · captive bead ring
Translations (28)
ru пле́нный (held prisoner) · it catturato (held prisoner) · ar مَحْبُوس (held prisoner) · fi vangittu (held prisoner) · mk заробен (held prisoner) · hu fogságba esett (held prisoner) · it intrappolato (held prisoner) · pt cativo (held prisoner) · hu fogva tartott (held prisoner) · ro captiv (held prisoner) · fr captif (held prisoner) · cs zajatý (held prisoner) · ar أَسِير (held prisoner) · uk поло́нений (held prisoner) · mi aromea (held prisoner) · be пало́нны (held prisoner) · ca captiu (held prisoner) · hu rabul ejtett (held prisoner) · hu foglyul ejtett (held prisoner) · bg пленен (held prisoner) · la captīvus (held prisoner) · de gefangen (held prisoner) · sk zajatý (held prisoner) · nl gevangen (held prisoner) · es cautivo (held prisoner) · ms tawanan (held prisoner) · ota دربند (held prisoner) · es captivo (held prisoner)
captive en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
Meanings
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One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. The captive made no resistance[…].
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage,
The linnet born within the cage,
That never knew the summer woods: […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 44:
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One held prisoner.
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(figuratively) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
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A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
Forms
Deriveds
semicaptive · captivance · take captive · encaptive · captively · recaptive
Translations (173)
ar مَحْبُوس (a person who has been captured) · chr ᎠᏴᎩ (a person held prisoner) · de Gefangener (a person held prisoner) · fa اسیر (a person held prisoner) · de Gefangene (a person who has been captured) · sl ujetnica (a person who has been captured) · it prigioniero (a person who has been captured) · ga cime (a person who has been captured) · es cautivo (a person who has been captured) · eo kaptito (a person held prisoner) · kmr êsîr (a person who has been captured) · pl więźniarka (a person who has been captured) · uk бра́нець (a person who has been captured) · bg затво́рница (a person who has been captured) · es preso (a person held prisoner) · mnc ᠣᠯᠵᡳ (a person who has been captured) · ru у́зник (a person who has been captured) · ar أَسِير (a person who has been captured) · hi असीर (a person who has been captured) · tt әсир (a person who has been captured) · ru у́зница (a person who has been captured) · uk полоня́нин (a person who has been captured) · et vang (a person who has been captured) · cs zajatec (a person who has been captured) · mk заробеница (a person who has been captured) · yi געפֿאַנגענער (a person who has been captured) · tl bihag (a person who has been captured) · la captus (a person who has been captured) · ur بندی (a person who has been captured) · ota اسیر (a person held prisoner) · th เชลย (a person held prisoner) · pl jeniec (a person held prisoner) · be пало́ннік (a person who has been captured) · sk zajatkyňa (a person held prisoner) · sh sȗžanj (a person who has been captured) · ms orang tawanan (a person who has been captured) · mt maqbud (a person who has been captured) · uk в'я́зень (a person who has been captured) · lv sagūstītais (a person who has been captured) · be вя́зень (a person who has been captured) · uk полоне́ник (a person who has been captured) · sk zajatec (a person who has been captured) · fr captive (a person who has been captured) · vi người tù binh (a person who has been captured) · ur اسیر (a person who has been captured) · bg затво́рник (a person held prisoner) · mn хоригдол (a person who has been captured) · cmn 俘虜 /俘虏 (a person who has been captured) · sh zarobljènīk (a person who has been captured) · pl więzień (a person held prisoner) · bg пле́нничка (a person who has been captured) · nah malli (a person held prisoner) · pdt Jefangna (a person held prisoner) · ka ტყვე (a person who has been captured) · sh заробљѐнӣк (a person held prisoner) · sl ujetnik (a person who has been captured) · ga príosúnach (a person who has been captured) · uz asir (a person who has been captured) · tr esir (a person who has been captured) · mk заробеничка (a person who has been captured) · fr captif (a person who has been captured) · mi whakarau (a person who has been captured) · ru пле́нница (a person held prisoner) · tg бандизан (a person who has been captured) · ps اسير (a person who has been captured) · lt belaisvis (a person who has been captured) · az əsir (a person who has been captured) · ru пле́нная (a person who has been captured) · sh су̑жањ (a person who has been captured) · nl gevangene (a person held prisoner) · ca captiu (a person who has been captured) · hy գերի (a person who has been captured) · pl jeniec (a person who has been captured) · bg затво́рничка (a person held prisoner) · pt cativo (a person who has been captured) · bn বন্দী (a person who has been captured) · ar مَحْبُوسَة (a person who has been captured) · uk полоня́нка (a person who has been captured) · hi बंदी (a person who has been captured) · be пало́нны (a person who has been captured) · ro captiv (a person who has been captured) · uz bandi (a person who has been captured) · arz يسير (a person who has been captured) · ota اسیر (a person who has been captured) · ru у́зница (a person held prisoner) · uga 𐎀𐎒𐎗 (a person who has been captured) · bg пле́нница (a person who has been captured) · sk zajatkyňa (a person who has been captured) · ru у́зник (a person held prisoner) · eo malliberulo (a person held prisoner) · uk полоне́ний (a person who has been captured) · kk тұтқын (a person who has been captured) · gl cativo (a person who has been captured) · sh заробљѐница (a person held prisoner) · uk полоне́на (a person who has been captured) · bg затво́рничка (a person who has been captured) · ru пле́нница (a person who has been captured) · ko 포로 (a person who has been captured) · uk бра́нка (a person who has been captured) · ang hæft (a person who has been captured) · pl więzień (a person who has been captured) · hu fogoly (a person who has been captured) · km ឈ្លើយ (a person who has been captured) · sw ghanima (a person held prisoner) · he שְׁבוּיָה (a person who has been captured) · fa بندی (a person who has been captured) · ota طالاق (a person who has been captured) · lo ເຊີຍ (a person who has been captured) · ja とりこ (a person who has been captured) · mt isir (a person who has been captured) · ga cime (a person held prisoner) · es captivo (a person who has been captured) · kbd гъэр (a person who has been captured) · bg пле́нник (a person who has been captured) · ja 俘虜 (a person who has been captured) · nl gevangene (a person who has been captured) · tg асир (a person who has been captured) · sv fånge (a person who has been captured) · ru пле́нный (a person who has been captured) · be пало́нная (a person who has been captured) · fi vanki (a person who has been captured) · nah malli (a person who has been captured) · sh zarobljènīk (a person held prisoner) · it prigioniero (a person held prisoner) · ga braighdeanach (a person who has been captured) · sh заробљѐнӣк (a person who has been captured) · ar أَسِيرَة (a person who has been captured) · lo ຊະເລີຍ (a person who has been captured) · cs zajatkyně (a person held prisoner) · bg затво́рник (a person who has been captured) · nb fange (a person who has been captured) · de Gefangener (a person who has been captured) · sh заробљѐница (a person who has been captured) · sk zajatec (a person held prisoner) · mk заробеник (a person who has been captured) · sh zarobljènica (a person held prisoner) · grc αἰχμάλωτος (a person who has been captured) · ro prizonier (a person who has been captured) · fi vanki (a person held prisoner) · tr tutuklu (a person held prisoner) · kmr dîl (a person who has been captured) · ky туткун (a person who has been captured) · cs zajatkyně (a person who has been captured) · be пало́нніца (a person who has been captured) · ug ئەسىر (a person who has been captured) · la captīvus (a person who has been captured) · sh zarobljènica (a person who has been captured) · ckb دیل (a person who has been captured) · tr esir (a person held prisoner) · tk ýesir (a person who has been captured) · cs zajatec (a person held prisoner) · th เชลย (a person who has been captured) · uz tutkun (a person who has been captured) · kmr girtî (a person who has been captured) · fa اسیر (a person who has been captured) · nv yisnááh (a person held prisoner) · bg затво́рница (a person held prisoner) · da fange (a person who has been captured) · sq rob (a person who has been captured) · tr hükümlü (a person held prisoner) · abq гъар (a person who has been captured) · ga broid (a person who has been captured) · lv gūsteknis (a person who has been captured) · pdt Jefangna (a person who has been captured) · el δεσμώτης (a person who has been captured) · ady гъэр (a person who has been captured) · ru пле́нник (a person held prisoner) · he שָׁבוּי (a person who has been captured) · pt prisioneiro (a person held prisoner) · tr mahkum (a person held prisoner) · ps بندي (a person who has been captured) · nv yisnááh (a person who has been captured) · ru пле́нник (a person who has been captured)
captive en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To capture; to take captive.
Forms