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▸ noun: One held prisoner.
▸ noun: (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
▸ noun: A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
▸ adjective: Held prisoner; not free; confined.
▸ adjective: Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
▸ adjective: Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To capture; to take captive.
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prisoner,
confined,
unfree,
imprisoned,
jailed,
capture,
captivity,
confinee,
incagement,
incarceree,
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