Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To capture; to take captive.

Examples

37 sentences

  1. Tom is still being held captive.

    deTom wird noch immer gefangengehalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom was held captive for almost a year.

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  3. Tom said he was abducted and held captive.

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  4. Tom has been taken captive.

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  5. Tom is being held captive.

    deTom wird gefangen gehalten. — Yorwba

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borr

Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).

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Forms

captives, captiving, captived, captived
Base formcaptive · to captive
3rd person singularcaptives
Present participlecaptiving
Past simplecaptived
Past participlecaptived

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycaptive
he, she, itcaptives

Past simpleLesson

all personscaptived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave captived
he, she, ithas captived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill captive

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
captionB2captivatecaptivitycaptorcaptureB1
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