Definitions for Captive
ˈkæp tɪvcap·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. prisoner, captivenoun

   a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

2. captivenoun

   an animal that is confined

3. captiveadjective

   a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion

4. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

5. captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrappedadjective

   giving or marked by complete attention to

   "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. captivenoun

   a person who has been captured or is otherwise confined

2. captivenoun

   a person held prisoner

3. captiveadjective

   held prisoner; not free; confined

4. Etymology: Ultimately from captivus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Captiveadjective

   Made prisoner in war; kept in bondage or confinement.

   Etymology: captivus, Lat.

   But fate forbids; the Stygian floods oppose,
   And with nine circling streams the captive souls inclose. John Dryden, Æn. vi.

2. CAPTIVEnoun

   Etymology: captif, Fr. captivus, Lat.

   1. One taken in war; a prisoner to an enemy.

   You have the captives,
   Who were the opposites of this day’s strife. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   This is no other than that forced respect a captive pays to his conquerour, a slave to his lord. John Rogers.

   Free from shame
   Thy captives: I ensure the penal claim. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. It is used with to before the captor.

   If thou say Antony lives, ’tis well,
   Or friends with Cæsar, or not captive to him. William Shakespeare.

   My mother, who the royal sceptre sway’d,
   Was captive to the cruel victor made. Dryden.

   3. One charmed, or ensnared by beauty or excellence.

   My woman’s heart
   Grossly grew captive to his honey words. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

3. To Captiveverb

   To take prisoner; to bring into a condition of servitude.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   But being all defeated save a few,
   Rather than fly, or be captiv’d, herself she slew. Fairy Q. b. ii.

   Oft leavest them to hostile sword
   Of heathen and profane, their carcasses
   To dogs and fowls a prey, or else captiv’d. John Milton, Agonist.

   What further fear of danger can there be?
   Beauty, which captives all things, sets me free. Dryden.

   Still lay the god: the nymph surpriz’d,
   Yet, mistress of herself, devis’d,
   How she the vagrant might inthral,
   And captive him, who captives all. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. captive

   A captive is a person, animal, or object that is confined or held under control by another; this could be as a prisoner, a pet in a cage, or a thing unable to move or be moved freely. The term can also be used to describe someone who is mesmerized or fully engrossed, as in "captive audience".

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Captivenoun

   a prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another

2. Captivenoun

   one charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated

3. Captiveadjective

   made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement

4. Captiveadjective

   subdued by love; charmed; captivated

5. Captiveadjective

   of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours

6. Captiveverb

   to take prisoner; to capture

7. Etymology: [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Captive

   Captive is a science fiction role-playing video game released by Mindscape in 1990. A Dungeon Master "clone", it featured pseudo 3D realtime graphics from a first-person perspective. The player characters are androids operated remotely by a prisoner trying to free himself. The player assumes the role of the prisoner, and the game involves visiting and destroying a series of bases on different planets. It was released on Amiga, Atari ST and PC platforms.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Captive

   kap′tiv, n. one taken: a prisoner of war: one kept in bondage.—adj. taken, or kept prisoner in war; charmed or subdued by anything.—ns. Cap′tivaunce (Spens.), captivity; Captiv′ity; Cap′tor, one who takes a prisoner or a prize; Cap′ture, the act of taking: the thing taken: an arrest.—v.t. to take as a prize: to take by force. [L. captivus—capĕre, captum.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. captive

   A prisoner of war.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. captive

   A prisoner taken by force or stratagem in war, by an enemy; made prisoner, especially in war; kept in bondage or confinement.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Captive in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Captive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Captive in a Sentence

1. Elizabeth Smart:

   Elizabeth Smart was held captive by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, for nine months, and the case captivated the nation just months after the 2002 Winter Olympics took place in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Smart was raped, tethered to trees by steel cables and left without food and water for days at a time. Elizabeth Smart recalled what Elizabeth Smart said to Brian David Mitchell on the night Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped. There finally came a point where I remember stopping Brian David Mitchell and just saying, ‘ If you're just going to rape and kill me, please do it here,' because in my mind I was thinking I want my parents to know what happened to me, I wanted them to find me even if it was just my body, brian David Mitchell had this smile and it was just, it was bone chilling … Brian David Mitchell said, ‘ I'm not going to rape and murder you. Yet,' Elizabeth Smart added. Wanda Barzee was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010, and Brian David Mitchell is serving two life terms. Elizabeth Smart will talk about how Elizabeth Smart moved past the harrowing incident 15 years later, according to E ! News. The special will air on Nov. 12 and 13 before the Lifetime original movie.

2. Michael Pachter:

   This will drive traffic to Best Buy stores, if the repair is something that will take an hour, the consumer will be captive in the Best Buy store and likely to purchase something.

3. Mike McCarter:

   We call on the legislature to let each half of the state go their separate ways in peace. If western Oregon doesn’t like the risk of being forced to accept the gubernatorial candidate it voted against, then it should simply stop holding our counties captive in this unhappy marriage. Actually, it’s not even as dramatic as a divorce, because we’re not breaking up a family. Moving a state border issimilar to redistrictinga utility provider.

4. Shawn Steel:

   She’s using her power as a teacher who gives grades, with a captive audience, to basically scare and shame students.

5. Saadi Shirazi:

   Reason is captive in the hands of the passions, as a weak man in the hands of an artful woman.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Captive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Captive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Captive
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Captive
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Captive
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Captive
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Captive
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html