Definitions for captive

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captive cap·tive

Spelling: [kap-tiv]

IPA: /ˈkæp tɪv/

Captive is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in captive (aceiptv).

Definitions for captive

noun

1. a prisoner.
2. a person who is enslaved or dominated; slave:

adjective

1. made or held prisoner, especially in war:
2. kept in confinement or restraint:
3. enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated:
4. of or relating to a captive.
5. 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:

Origin of captive

1300-50; Middle English (Middle French) Latin captīvus, equivalent to capt(us) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -īvus -ive

Examples for captive

There were yet other rude experiences in store for the captive.

Shortly after, the captive Duke was one morning found weeping.

Asian slapstick humor does not translate well, and most of the captive audience agreed, although they grudgingly watched it.

"Evidently they fell out about the possession of the captive," suggested von Horn.

Italy has been known to pay ransom for its captive nationals in the past.

Sabrine reports that the latest demands by ISIS militants are three prisoners for every captive soldier.

In one of these toads and adders were the companions of the captive.

It reminds me, a captive by the waters of Babylon, that God is ever with the friendless.

This time the captive was forced to make a speech blaming the British government for his death.

The oldest of the captive sisters was pretending to be the mother of the youngest girl, hoping they would be kept together.