Hyphenation of captive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word captive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

cap-tive

Definitions of captive:

1.	A person who is confined Especially a prisoner of war
2.	An animal that is confined
3.	A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
4.	Being in captivity
5.	Giving or marked by complete attention to That engrossed look or rapt delight Then wrapped in dreams So intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred- Walter de la Mare Rapt with wonder Wrapped in thought

Synonyms of captive:

adj	confined, imprisoned, jailed, unfree
adj	enraptured, rapt, moved
noun	prisoner, unfortunate, unfortunate person
noun	animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
noun	emotional person

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