† caitivev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make captive.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > deprive of liberty by restraint [verb (transitive)] > take captive
takeOE
caitive1382
seizea1400
captivec1430
to take (a person) prisonera1475
to take captive1535
overthrallc1540
captivatea1575
stay1590
encaptive1592
capture1796
to hold captive1884
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Pref Ep. iii Chatyuynge al vndirstondyng for to obeishe to Crist.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Jer. 2nd Prol. Sathan, caityuende the soules of them that ben forsaken of God.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi In this derke prisone, caytifued [331/1, (1560) 272/2 printed caytisned] fro frendshippe and acquayntaunce, and forsaken of al.
Derivatives
caitived adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [adjective] > capturing > made captive
captivec1374
caitiffa1382
caitivedc1440
captived1590
captured1796
snug1796
c1440 Relig. Pieces fr. Thorn. MS. 36 Whyls we ere in þis caytifede worlde.
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