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Captive   /kˈæptɪv/   Listen
adjective
Captive  adj.  
1.
Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement. "A poor, miserable, captive thrall."
2.
Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. "Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words."
3.
Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.



noun
Captive  n.  
1.
A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another. "Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains."
2.
One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.



verb
Captive  v. t.  (past & past part. captived; pres. part. captiving)  To take prisoner; to capture. "Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived."






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"Captive" Quotes from Famous Books



... sides are sore with tumbling to and fro. Were love the cause it's like I should descry him, Or lies he close and shoots where none can spy him? 'Twas so; he strook me with a slender dart; 'Tis cruel Love turmoils my captive heart. Yielding or striving[135] do we give him might, Let's yield, a burden easily borne is light. 10 I saw a brandished fire increase in strength, Which being not shak'd, I saw it die at length. Young ...
— The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Christopher Marlowe

... de Navarreins, Diane operated as it were a kind of retreat, occupied herself with her son Georges, and strengthening herself by the memory of Chrestien, also by constantly visiting Madame d'Espard, she succeeded, without completely foregoing society, in making captive the celebrated deputy of the Right, a man of wealth and maturity, Daniel Arthez himself. In her own home and in that of Felicite des Touches she heard, between 1832 and 1835, anecdotes of Marsay. The Princess de Cadignan had portraits of her numerous lovers. She had also one of the Madame ...
— Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z • Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe

... name in the service of different Condottieri, sent for his relations, and obtained through them the same advantages that a prince derives from a numerous dynasty. It was these relations who kept the army together when he lay a captive in the Castel dell'Uovo at Naples; his sister took the royal envoys prisoners with her own hands, and saved him by this reprisal from death. It was an indication of the breadth and the range of his plans that in monetary ...
— The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy • Jacob Burckhardt

... chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 1, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 3, multi-function large load carrier 1, oil tanker 13, passenger 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 1 note: France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... then, as we went, the tall thin man Explained the manners of Old Japan; If you pitied a thing, you pretended to sneer; Yet if you were glad you ran to buy A captive pigeon and let it fly; And, if you were sad, you took a spear To wound yourself, for fear your pain ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes


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