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take captive

take captive verb: to take prisoner.

Verb

take captive (third-person singular simple present takes captive, present participle taking captive, simple past took captive, past participle taken captive)

  1. (transitive) To take prisoner

Forms of take captive

third-person singular presenttakes captive
present participletaking captive
pasttook captive
past participletaken captive

Questions about take captive

What does take captive mean?
Take captive means to take prisoner.
What part of speech is take captive?
Take captive is a verb.
What is the past tense of take captive?
The past tense of take captive is took captive.

Words near take captive in the dictionary

  1. take back
  2. take bread and salt
  3. take breath
  4. take by storm
  5. take by surprise
  6. take captive
  7. take care
  8. take care of
  9. take care of business
  10. take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
  11. take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

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