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noun
1.
a prisoner.
2.
a person who is enslaved or dominated; slave: He is the captive of his own fears.
adjective
3.
made or held prisoner, especially in war: captive troops.
4.
kept in confinement or restraint: captive animals.
5.
6.
of or pertaining to a captive.
7.
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.
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Captive
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin captīvus, equivalent to capt(us) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -īvus -ive
1300–50; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin captīvus, equivalent to capt(us) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
non·cap·tive, adjective
pseu·do·cap·tive, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Its sad enough that these animals have to be held captive in the first place.
- They rely heavily on another revenue stream: outrageously priced food for a captive audience.
- Cross-holdings cement alliances, but also make firms captive to their partners.
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Word Origin & History
captive
late 14c., from L. captivus, from captus, pp. of capere "to take, hold, seize" (see capable). Replaced O.E. hæftling, from hæft "taken, seized."
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Captive definition
one taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women and children carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa. 20; 47:3; 2 Chr. 28:9-15; Ps. 44:12; Joel 3:3), and exposed to the most cruel treatment (Nah. 3:10; Zech. 14:2; Esther 3:13; 2 Kings 8:12; Isa. 13:16, 18). Captives were sometimes carried away into foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5; 39:9, 10; 40:7).
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