encaptive

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verb

To take as a captive; capture.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbencaptive (third-person singular simple present encaptives, present participle encaptiving, simple past and past participle encaptived)

present singular third person encaptives · participle present encaptiving · participle past encaptived · past encaptived

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo take as a captive; capture.

Origin

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APA

encaptive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encaptive

MLA

“encaptive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encaptive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encaptive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encaptive.

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