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Definitions: Captive |
CaptiveAdjective1. In captivity. 2. Deeply moved; "sat completely still, enraptured by the music"; "listened with rapt admiration"; "rapt in reverie". Noun1. A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war. 2. An animal that is confined. 3. A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "captive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Captive one taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women and children carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa. 20; 47:3; 2 Chr. 28:9-15; Ps. 44:12; Joel 3:3), and exposed to the most cruel treatment (Nah. 3:10; Zech. 14:2; Esther 3:13; 2 Kings 8:12; Isa. 13:16, 18). Captives were sometimes carried away into foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5; 39:9, 10; 40:7). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
| To dream of taking any one captive, you will join yourself to pursuits and persons of lowest status. For a young woman to dream that she is a captive, denotes that she will have a husband who will be jealous of her confidence in others; or she may be censured for her indiscretion. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CAPTIVE | English | Collaborative Authoring Production and Transmission of Interactive Video for Education | Computing |
| CAPP | English | Captive atmosphere partial pressure | N/A |
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Synonyms: CaptiveSynonyms: confined (adj), enraptured (adj), imprisoned (adj), jailed (adj), rapt (adj), prisoner (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Love | Lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret, beau, sweetheart, inamorato, swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso, cavaliere servente, captive, cicisbeo; caro sposo. |
Prisoner | Noun: prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage, abductee, detenu, close prisoner. |
Restraint | Arrest; take up, take charge of, take into custody; take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive; captivate; lead captive, lead into captivity; send to prison, commit to prison; commit; give in charge, give in custody; subjugate. |
Retention | Bird in hand; captive;. |
Subjection | Break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall, bethrall; enslave, lead captive; take into custody; (restrain); rule; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Captive |
| English words defined with "captive": Atlantic bottlenose dolphin ♦ captive finance company, Captived, Captiving ♦ gladiator ♦ Inthrall ♦ slave trader ♦ To lead captive, Tursiops truncatus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "captive": Arcite, Astolpho ♦ Beppo ♦ Captive, CAPTIVE ACCOUNT, CAPTIVE CUSTOMER, captive foundry, captive mine, captive public transport passenger, captive test, captive tonnage, captive transit rider ♦ Epher ♦ flame deflector ♦ Geneura, Golden Bonds, Guarinos, Gudrun ♦ Hinda, Horse-shoes, hunter, skin diver ♦ Karkor, Kings, kytoon ♦ Mahmoud of Ghizni, Mandatory price reporting, Melisendra, Monkeypox Virus ♦ Net pen culture ♦ Panthe'a, Pomegranate ♦ Sansloy, Seraiah, STIRLING ENGINE ♦ U'na, UNDERWATER HUNTER-TRAPPER ♦ Werewolf. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Captive" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (prisoner). |
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Lyrics | The human heart a captive in the snow ("Nikita"; performing artist: Elton John) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Love Captive (1969) Captive Women (1952) The Captive City (1952) Captive of Billy the Kid (1952) The Captive Heart (1946) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | X-15 Mated to B-52 Captive Flight.Credit: NASA. |  | Yellowfin tuna - Thunnus albacares. The net they are captive in can be seen as a line extending across the upper 1/4 of the photograph.Credit: Fisheries. |
 | [North Korean captive receiving medical treatment].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.N. Command Senior Delegate Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, gives correspondents a report following a conference session at Panmunjom, 10 May 1952. On this date the Communist prisoners of war at Koje-do were holding as their captive Brigadier General Francis Dodd, who was the POW camp commandant at the time of his capture on 7 May.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Indians walking in file with a captive man and two captive women.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Man reasoning with Indians about to burn a bound captive.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Berkeley Cal., looking east, from 1000 ft. elevation, from Lawrence Captive Airship, Nov. 24, 1908.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | San Francisco from Captive Air Ship over San Francisco Bay.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chicago Heights, Ill. from Lawrence Captive Airship.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Birds eye view of La Grange, Ill. from Lawrence Captive Airship at 800 ft. elevation.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | He that is master of himself, and his own life, has a right too to the means of preserving it; so that as soon as compact enters, slavery ceases, and he so far quits his absolute power, and puts an end to the state of war, who enters into conditions with his captive. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. (reference) |
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Business | Moreover, a number of captive power projects are being established. (references) | |
Thus, captive imports account for the overwhelming majority of chemicals imports. (references) | ||
Given power shortages, captive power plants are proving to be increasingly popular. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | After meeting in Pakistan with Canadian diplomats and Pakistani authorities, the Taliban on December 1 released Ken Hechtman, a Canadian journalist, who had been held captive in Spin Boldak by approximately 11 armed Taliban members. (references) |
Economic History | Maldives | Island tourist resorts are required to have independent captive power supplies, consisting primarily of oil-fueled generators. (references) |
Mauritius | The authorities are currently promoting new high value-added activities such as aircraft registration and financing as well as captive insurance. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | At year's end, the FARC and ELN reportedly held 22 police and 44 soldiers captive. (references) |
Philippines | Its victims include Christians and Muslims; a Muslim captive was beheaded in October. (references) | |
Georgia | For example, in November 2000, unknown persons abducted and reportedly held captive two Spanish businessmen in the Pankisi Valley. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | Energy: The government of Japan has taken a number of steps to begin deregulating its energy sector, including allowing companies with captive power assets to market excess generating capacity to major factories and other major users in March 2000. Within the Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative under the US-Japan Economic Partnership for Growth framework, the U.S. government is encouraging Japan to speed up the process and create a more transparent and competitive environment for new entrants into the energy market. (references) |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | During the incident, about 20 rank and file union members were held captive. (references) |
Algeria | Armed terrorist groups frequently kidnaped young women and held them captive for weeks at a time. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WEREWOLF, n. A wolf that was once, or is sometimes, a man. All werewolves are of evil disposition, having assumed a bestial form to gratify a beastial appetite, but some, transformed by sorcery, are as humane and is consistent with an acquired taste for human flesh. Some Bavarian peasants having caught a wolf one evening, tied it to a post by the tail and went to bed. The next morning nothing was there! Greatly perplexed, they consulted the local priest, who told them that their captive was undoubtedly a werewolf and had resumed its human for during the night. "The next time that you take a wolf," the good man said, "see that you chain it by the leg, and in the morning you will find a Lutheran." |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Margaret Thatcher | Look, this was a remarkable thing. A prime minister never expects to send people into battle. I was agonized over it. But you couldn't leave our people captive of a military junta of the Argentine. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The captain, one American sea man, and two others of color remain prisoners with them unless exchanged under an agreement formerly made with the Bashaw, to whom, on the faith of that, some of his captive subjects had been restored. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | We honor the aspirations of those nations which, now captive, long for freedom. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | I want to say a few words to the captive people of Cuba, to whom this speech is being directly carried by special radio facilities. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Our government, once a champion of national purpose, is now seen as a captive of narrow interests, putting more burdens on our citizens, instead of equipping them to get ahead. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | This nation has defeated tyrants and liberated death camps, raised this lamp of liberty to every captive land. |
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| "Captive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 67.00% of the time. "Captive" is used about 203 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 67% | 136 | 27,260 |
| Noun (singular) | 32.51% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 203 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "captive". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Tishbite | N/A | Biblical | That makes captive |
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Expressions using "captive": be held captive ♦ captive audience ♦ captive balloon ♦ captive finance company ♦ captive firing ♦ captive foundry ♦ captive public transport passenger ♦ captive transit rider ♦ hold captive ♦ lead captive ♦ take captive ♦ taken captive ♦ To lead captive. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "captive": captive-bolt, captive-born, captive-bred, captive-breeding. | |
Ending with "captive": non-captive, quasi-captive. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "captive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rob (bondman, cove, prisoner, Rob, serf, slave), i zënë rob. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقيد (bound, bridled, checked, confined, curbed, limited, listed, recorded, registered, restrained, restricted, restrictive, tied), مأسور, حبيس (close, confined, pent), تملكه, أسير (prisoner), أسرى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | поробен (enslaved, in thrall), пленнически (prisoner's), пленник (capture, prisoner, prisoner of war). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 俘虜 , 俘虏 (Captor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zajatec (prisoner), zajatý, vìzeò (convict, detainee, gaolbird, inmate, jailbird, prisoner), uvìznìný (imprisoned), žijící v zajetí, žijící v kleci. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kontrolleret (controlled stimulated emission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gevangene (prisoner), gedetineerde (prisoner), brievenbusmaatschappij. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | fangi (prisoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گرفتار (Afoul), اسیر (Prisoner, Slave), شیفته (Amorous, Fond, Gaga, Mad), دستگیر (Caitiff, Charitable), دربند (Canyon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | veroparatiisiyhtiö. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | captif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | finzene (arrested person, prisoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gefangen (bond, captivated, captured, caught, trapped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλασματικός (illusory), εικονικός (dummy), αιχμάλωτοσ (prisoner), δέσμιοσ, δεσμώτησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שולל (barefoot, confused, stripped), שבוי (prisoner), אסיר (convict, inmate, prisoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rab (lag, prisoner), fogoly (partridge, prisoner), rabul ejtett, rögzített (attached, fast, immobile, standing, upstanding), letartóztatott (arrested, detainee, prisoner), foglyul ejtett (captured), bebörtönzött (imprisoned, jailed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tertawan, tawanan (internee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prigioniero (arrested person, caught, imprisoned, prisoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 虜囚 (prisoner), 虜 (prisoner, slave, victim), 捕らわれ人 (prisoner), 囚われ (imprisonment), 俘虜 (prisoner of war), 俘 (prisoner, slave, victim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふりょ (accidental, prisoner of war, unforeseen), ふ (affix, append, generally, giving to, instructor, minus, music, negative, negative prefix, non, note, pawn, prisoner, refer to, score, slave, submitting to, tutor, un, victim, widely), りょしゅう (loneliness on a journey, prisoner), とり" (prisoner, rice powder, slave, victim), とらわれびと (prisoner), とらわれ (captivity, imprisonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 포로 (Prisoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pryssoonagh (detainee, internee, prisoner), goit (apprehended, captured, impounded, nicked, preoccupied, seized, taken), fo cappeeys (captivated), fo bondiaght, cappagh, bondagh (bondman, slave, vassal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aptivecay cativo (bond, catched, prisoner of war, slave), cativado, prisioneiro (prisoner), encantado (delighted, rapt), aprisionado, "captive". (various references) captiv (prisoner, servile), prizonier (prisoner), prins (catchment, caught, rooted). (various references) пленник. (various references) zatočenik, zarobljenik (prisoner), očaran (fascinated, smitten, spellbound). (various references) cautivo (caught). (various references) fånge (capture, gaolbird, jailbird, lag, prisoner). (various references) จับเป็นนักโทษ (hold captive). (various references) tutsak (prisoner), mahkum (con, convict, lag), kısıtlanmış, esir (bond slave, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, capture, helot, prisoner, slave, thrall), baskı altında (under compulsion, under pressure). (various references) яesir (prisoner). (various references) взяти у полон (take prisoner), захоплений (absorbed, admiring, boffo, busy in, captured, delighted, enthusiastic, enthusiastical, infatuated, obsessed, rapt, rapturous), зачарований (delighted, enchanted, pixy-led, spellbound), бранець (prisoner), причарований, поневолений (servile), позбавлений волі, полонений (thrall). (various references) tù nhân, người bị bắt giữ, bị giam cầm, bị bắt giữ. (various references) caethgludo (lead captive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | capta, captam, capti, captis, captiva, captivae, captivam, captivas, captivi, captivis, captivorum, captivos, captivum, captivus, captos, captum, captus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 34, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai panta ta swmata autwn kai pasan thn aposkeuhn autwn kai taV gunaikaV autwn hcmalwteusan kai dihrpasan osa te hn en th polei kai osa hn en taiV oikiaiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Parvulos quoque et uxores eorum duxere captivas |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The litil children forsothe, and the wyues of hem thei ladden cheytiues. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And all their goodes all their childern and their wyues toke they captyue and made havock of all that was in the houses. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives they took captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 34, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang ilang tanan nga bahandi, ug ang tanan nila nga mga bata, ug ang ilang mga asawa, gidala nila nga bihag ug gikawat nila bisan pa ang tanan nga diha sa balay. |
| Croatian | opljaèkaju sva njihova dobra, a svu im djecu i žene - sve što je bilo po kuæama - odvedu u roblje. |
| Danish | og al deres Ejendom og alle deres Børn og Kvinder førte de bort som Bytte, og de udplyndrede Byen for alt, hvad der var der. |
| Dutch | En al hun vermogen, en al hun kleine kinderen, en hun vrouwen, voerden zij gevankelijk weg, en plunderden dezelven, en al wat binnenshuis was. |
| Finnish | Ja kaikki heidän tavaransa, kaikki heidän lapsensa ja vaimonsa he veivät saaliinaan, ja he ryöstivät samoin kaiken muun, mitä taloissa oli. |
| French | ils emmenèrent comme butin toutes leurs richesses, leurs enfants et leurs femmes, et tout ce qui se trouvait dans les maisons. |
| German | und alle ihre Habe; alle Kinder und Weiber nahmen sie gefangen, und plünderten alles, was in den Häusern war. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo pran tout richès ak tout sa ki te nan kay mesye yo pote ale, yo fè tout pitit yo ak tout medam yo prizonye. |
| Hungarian | És minden gazdagságukat, minden gyermekeiket és feleségeiket fogva vivék és elrablák, és mindent a mi a házban vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka mengambil semua barang yang berharga, menawan semua wanita dan anak-anak, dan merampas segala isi rumah-rumah di kota itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala hartanya dan segala anak-anaknya dan segala bininyapun ditawaninyalah dan dijarahnya akan segala sesuatu yang dalam rumah adanya. |
| Italian | Portarono via come bottino tutte le loro ricchezze, tutti i loro bambini e le loro donne e saccheggiarono quanto era nelle case. |
| Maori | Me a ratou taonga katoa, a whakaraua ana a ratou tamariki katoa, me a ratou wahine, i pahuatia ano hoki nga mea katoa i roto i te whare. |
| Norwegian | Og alt deres gods og alle deres barn og deres kvinner førte de bort som bytte, og alt annet som var i husene. |
| Portuguese | e todos os seus bens, e todos os seus pequeninos, e as suas mulheres, levaram por presa; e despojando as casas, levaram tudo o que havia nelas. |
| Rumanian | le-au luat ca pradq de rqzboi toate bogqyiile, copiii wi nevestele, wi tot ce se gqsea kn case. |
| Russian | Й ЧУЕ 'ПЗБФУФЧП ЙИ, Й ЧУЕИ "ЕФЕК ЙИ, Й ЦЕО ЙИ ЧЪСМЙ Ч МЕО, Й ТБЪЗТБ'ЙМЙ ЧУЈ, ЮФП 'ЩМП Ч "ПНБИ. |
| Spanish | Llevaron cautivos a todos sus niños y a sus mujeres, y saquearon todos sus bienes y todo lo que había en las casas. |
| Swedish | Och allt deras gods och alla deras barn och deras kvinnor förde de bort såsom byte, tillika med allt annat som fanns i husen. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "captive": captives. (additional references) | |
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"Captive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: capite, Captiva, captivi, Catavi, cative, cattivo, caytiue, centive, cooptive, cultivi, Kpotivi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "captive" (pronounced ka"ptiv) |
| 5 | -a" p t i v | adaptive. |
| 4 | -p t i v | adoptive, contraceptive, corruptive, deceptive, descriptive, disparages, disruptive, eruptive, perceptive, preemptive, presumptive, receptive, redemptive, unreceptive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, cooperative, corrective, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, dispositive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, recuperative, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-p-t-v" | |
-1 letter: active. | |
-2 letters: cavie, civet, epact, evict, pieta, vatic, vitae. | |
-3 letters: cape, cate, cave, cite, epic, etic, pace, pact, pate, pave, peat, pica, pice, pita, tace, tape, tepa, vice, vita. | |
-4 letters: ace, act, ait, ape, apt, ate, ave, cap, cat, cep, eat, eta, ice, pac, pat, pea, pec, pet, pia, pic, pie, pit, tae, tap. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-p-t-v" | |
+1 letter: captives. | |
+2 letters: acceptive, captivate, impactive, placative, proactive. | |
+3 letters: ascriptive, capacitive, captivated, captivates, copulative, evaporitic. | |
+4 letters: applicative, captivities, comparative, cooperative, copulatives, corporative, duplicative, expectative, explicative, hyperactive, implicative, nuncupative, predicative, prevaricate, procreative, protractive, provocative, replicative, speculative, syncopative. | |
+5 letters: apperceptive, appreciative, capacitively, comparatives, compensative, cooperatives, depreciative, hyperactives, overcapacity, overemphatic, perspectival, prevaricated, prevaricates, prevaricator, privatdocent, provocatives, psychoactive, putrefactive, recuperative, velociraptor. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 74 69 76 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. - .. ...- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678286758871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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