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caitive

Meaning of "caitive" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CAITIVE

ˈkeɪtɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAITIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Caitive is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAITIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of caitive in the English dictionary

The definition of caitive in the dictionary is a captive.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAITIVE

altercative · complicative · contemplative · creative · degenerative · inculcative · innovative · integrative · justificative · modificative · multiplicative · native · oxidative · placative · purificative · qualificative · stative · suffocative · verificative · vindicative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAITIVE

cainogenetically · Cainozoic · Caipiroska · caird · Caird Coast · Cairene · cairn · cairn terrier · cairned · cairngorm · Cairngorm Mountains · Cairngorms · Cairns · cairny · Cairo · caisson · caisson disease · Caithness · caitiff

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAITIVE

active · additive · aperitive · capacitive · case-sensitive · cognitive · competitive · definitive · fugitive · HIV-positive · insensitive · intransitive · intuitive · nutritive · positive · primitive · prohibitive · punitive · repetitive · sensitive · time-sensitive

Synonyms and antonyms of caitive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «caitive» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAITIVE

Find out the translation of caitive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of caitive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «caitive» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

caitive
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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caitive
570 millions of speakers
en

English

caitive
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

caitive
380 millions of speakers
ar

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caitive
280 millions of speakers
ru

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caitive
278 millions of speakers
pt

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caitive
270 millions of speakers
bn

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caitive
260 millions of speakers
fr

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caitive
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Caitif
190 millions of speakers
de

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caitive
180 millions of speakers
ja

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caitive
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

caitive
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Caitive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

caitive
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

caitive
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कॅटिव
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

caitive
70 millions of speakers
it

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caitive
65 millions of speakers
pl

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caitive
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

caitive
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

caitive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

caitive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

caitive
14 millions of speakers
sv

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caitive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

caitive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of caitive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAITIVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of caitive
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about caitive

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAITIVE»

Discover the use of caitive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to caitive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval ...
The potential rhetorical force of the term "caitive," indicating forced capture, is effectively attenuated at several turns in the narrative. The tale's anonymous author sometimes transposes the word's meaning into the courtly register, using it to ...
E. Jane Burns, 2009
2
Spenser's Faerie Queene
Cav'd mack hollow, Gall, caver, a Lat. cavare. B. iv. C. 5. St. 33. Caytive, Caitive, a Lat. captivus, Ital. cattivo ; a word frequent in the Italian romances and poets. Captive, slave ; hence wretched, slavish ; mean, vile, &c. a caitive thrall, a wretched ...
Edmund Spenser, John Upton, 1758
3
The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy: Histories and New ...
caitive. witches. meete. to. swear. Their. homage. to. ye. devil. The Reverend Richard James, Fellow of Oxford, visited Pendle at the time of the 1633 trials and wrote the above description of Malkin Tower in a first-hand account. He also said  ...
John A. Clayton, 2007
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An essay on the life and writings of Edmund Spencer
She staid : With that he crauld out of his nest, Forth creeping on his caitive 1 hands and thies ; And standing stoutly up his lofty crest Did fiercely shake, and rowze as comming late from rest. XXXVI. As fearfull fowle, that long in secret cave For ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, Philip Masterman, 1845
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The Whole Works...
Now in these cases when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and by special arts and strengths of mortification fortify that part where we are apt and exposed to danger: we are ...
Jeremy Taylor, 1864
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The whole works of ... Jeremy Taylor, with a life of the ...
Now in these cases when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and by special arts and strengths of mortification fortify that part where we are apt and exposed to danger : we are ...
Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.), Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.), 1856
7
Essay on the life and writings of Edmund Spencer [by Philip ...
She staid: With that he crauld out of his nest, Forth creeping on his caitive 1 hands and thies; And standing stoutly up his lofty crest Did fiercely shake, and rowze as comming late from rest. XXXVI. As fearfull fowle, that long in secret cave For ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, 1842
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The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an ...
Now, in these cases, when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses! and, by special arts and strengths of mortification, fortify that part, where we are apt and exposed to danger : we arc ...
Jeremy Taylor, George Rust, 1851
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
Now in these cases when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and by special arts and strengths of mortification fortify that part where we are apt and exposed to danger: we are ...
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1847
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Poetical Works ...: Account of the author's life, etc.- The ...
She staid : With that he crauld out of his nest, Forth creeping on his caitive 1 hands and thies ; And standing stoutly up his lofty crest Did fiercely shake, and rowze as comming late from XXXVI. As fearfull fowle, that long in secret cave i^ For ...
Edmund Spenser, 1842
REFERENCE
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