captiving

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captiving - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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