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take captive
verb as in capture
verb as in seize
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The wee round wonders with their mystery of velvety colour are well fitted to take captive the young eye.
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To take captive a heart which has had no experience of attack, is to enter an unfortified and ungarrisoned city.
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The maiden they did take captive, leaving the ass which is old and slow.
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Savage tribes plunder and take captive their weaker neighbors.
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Though the enemy be many they shall turn their backs in flight before the weak man, and one shall take captive a thousand.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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