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means Held against one's will, whether by chains, circumstance, or someone else's power.

from From Latin captivus, 'taken prisoner,' built on the verb capere, 'to seize or take hold of' — the same root that gives us capture, capable, and even concept (a thing the mind 'takes hold of'). Captive entered English through French in the medieval period, already carrying its grim literal sense of war prisoners before it loosened up to describe anyone — an audience, a heart — held fast without ropes.