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Definitions for captive
ˈkæp tɪvcap·tive
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word captive.
Princeton's WordNet
prisoner, captivenoun
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
captivenoun
an animal that is confined
captiveadjective
a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective
being in captivity
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"
Wiktionary
captivenoun
a person who has been captured or is otherwise confined
Etymology: Ultimately from captivus.
captivenoun
a person held prisoner
Etymology: Ultimately from captivus.
captiveadjective
held prisoner; not free; confined
Etymology: Ultimately from captivus.
Webster Dictionary
Captivenoun
a prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another
Etymology: [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
Captivenoun
one charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated
Etymology: [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
Captiveadjective
made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement
Etymology: [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
Captiveadjective
subdued by love; charmed; captivated
Etymology: [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
Captiveadjective
of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours
Etymology: [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
Captiveverb
to take prisoner; to capture
Etymology: [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
Freebase
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 Dictionary
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 Terms
captive
A prisoner of war.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of captive in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of captive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of captive in a Sentence
If the universe has an end, it means we are captive fishes in an aquarium! If it has no end, we are lost sheep in the eternal darkness!
When you are held captive, you've got a blindfold on, you've got a guy sticking a gun in your head, it is very real. It was inferred that we would meet our God, were we ready to meet God, that we had sown the seeds of our own destruction, the imagination can run riot.
Wickedness, by whomsoever committed, is odious, but most of all in men of learning; for learning is the weapon with which Satan is combated, and when a man is made captive with arms in his hand his shame is more excessive.
It’s not necessarily all that is considered, there may have been an education component, an outreach component, a captive breeding component.
But at the end of the day, there are two things. One is my conscience is captive to God, and my oath is to the Constitution of the United States.
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- пленен, пленник, затворникBulgarian
- zajatý, zajatecCzech
- gefangenGerman
- malliberulo, kaptitoEsperanto
- preso, prisionero, cautivoSpanish
- اسيرPersian
- vanki, vangittuFinnish
- captive, captifFrench
- գերիArmenian
- prigioniero, catturato, intrappolatoItalian
- 俘虜, とりこJapanese
- 捕虜, 포로Korean
- whakarauMāori
- gevangen, gevangeneDutch
- yisnááhNavajo, Navaho
- więzień, jeniecPolish
- prisioneiro, cativoPortuguese
- пленник, пленный, пленница, узница, узникRussian
- sužanj, zarobljenica, zarobljenik, сужањ, заробљеница, заробљеникSerbo-Croatian
- fångeSwedish
- tutuklu, esir, mahkum, hükümlüTurkish
- полонений, бранецьUkrainian
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