What is the meaning of captive?

noun

  • A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.
  • An animal that is confined.
  • A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.

adjective

  • Being in captivity.
  • Giving or marked by complete attention to.
    • usage: "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"
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