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captiving

captiving is the present participle and gerund of captive.

Meaning of captive

Verb

captive (third-person singular simple present captives, present participle captiving, simple past and past participle captived)

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

See all 8 meanings of captive

Questions about captiving

What is captiving the present participle and gerund of?
Captiving is the present participle and gerund of captive.

Words near captiving in the dictionary

  1. captive portal
  2. captive portals
  3. captived
  4. captively
  5. captives
  6. captiving
  7. captivities
  8. captivity
  9. captodative
  10. captodiame
  11. captological

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