captive

6 definitions found

captive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Captive \Cap"tive\, n. [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F.
     captif. See Caitiff.]
     1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy,
        in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.
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              Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection;
        one who is captivated.
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  Captive \Cap"tive\, a.
     1. Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in
        confinement.
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              A poor, miserable, captive thrall.    --Milton.
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     2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
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              Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart
              Grossly grew captive to his honey words. --Shak.
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     3. Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to
        confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.
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  Captive \Cap"tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captived; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Captiving.]
     To take prisoner; to capture.
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           Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived. --Burke.
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captive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  captive
      adj 1: being in captivity [syn: captive, confined,
             imprisoned, jailed]
      2: 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"
         [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped,
         intent, wrapped]
      n 1: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
           [syn: prisoner, captive]
      2: an animal that is confined
      3: a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion

captive - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Captive
  one taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty
  and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam.
  4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was
  taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women and
  children carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa. 20; 47:3;
  2 Chr. 28:9-15; Ps. 44:12; Joel 3:3), and exposed to the most
  cruel treatment (Nah. 3:10; Zech. 14:2; Esther 3:13; 2 Kings
  8:12; Isa. 13:16, 18). Captives were sometimes carried away into
  foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5;
  39:9, 10; 40:7).

captive - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "captive":
     POW, bond, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman,
     caged, cageling, catch, chain gang, chattel, chattel slave, churl,
     con, concubine, confined, conquest, convict, coquette, date,
     debt slave, detainee, detenu, disenfranchised, enslaved,
     enthralled, ex-convict, flirt, galley slave, gaolbird, helot,
     homager, honey, hostage, imprisoned, in bondage, in bonds,
     in captivity, in chains, in slavery, in subjection, incarcerated,
     internee, jailbird, liege, liege man, liege subject, lifer,
     locked up, odalisque, oppressed, parolee, peon, political prisoner,
     prisoner, prisoner of war, serf, servant, slave, steady, stir bird,
     subject, subjected, subjugated, suppressed, sweet patootie,
     sweetheart, sweetie, theow, thrall, ticket-of-leave man,
     ticket-of-leaver, trusty, under the heel, under the lash, unfree,
     vamp, vampire, vassal, villein