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cap⋅tive
[kap-tiv] 
–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, esp. in war: captive troops. |
| 4. | kept in confinement or restraint: captive animals. |
| 5. | enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated: her captive beau. |
| 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. |
Origin:
1300–50; ME (< MF) < L captīvus, equiv. to capt(us) taken (ptp. of capere to take) + -īvus -ive
1300–50; ME (< MF) < L captīvus, equiv. to capt(us) taken (ptp. of capere to take) + -īvus -ive
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| cap·tive (kāp'tĭv) n.
[Middle English captif, from Old French, from Latin captīvus, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.] |
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