Lexic.us

Definition of Captive

1. Adjective. Being in captivity.

2. Noun. A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.

3. Adjective. Giving or marked by complete attention to. "Wrapped in thought"

4. Noun. An animal that is confined.

5. Noun. A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.

Definition of Captive

1. n. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

2. a. Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.

3. v. t. To take prisoner; to capture.

Definition of Captive

1. Noun. a person who has been captured or is otherwise confined ¹

2. Noun. a person held prisoner ¹

3. Adjective. held prisoner; not free; confined ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Captive

1. a prisoner [n -S] - See also: prisoner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Captive

captionless captions captious captiously captiousness captiousnesses captivate captivated captivates captivating

captivatingly captivation captivations captivator captivators captive (current term) captive finance company captived captively captives

captiving captivities captivity captodative captopril captoprils captor captors captour

Literary usage of Captive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"CHAPTER I. captive to a lawless passion, a man base and dishonourable would ... I fell headlong then into the love, with which I longed to be taken captive. ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... over a captive — Cruelty of the Apaches — The Fate of Chihuahua — A Band of Fiends — Bound Naked to the Cactus — Left to Die — The Fate of captive Women ..."

3. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the by William Scott (1820)
"Scipio restoring the captive Lady to her Lover THOMSON. ... A noble virgin Conspicuous far o'er all the captive dames, Was murk'd the general's prize. ..."

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