Captive vs Syncytin - What's the difference?
captive | syncytin |
One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 One held prisoner.
(figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
Held prisoner; not free; confined.
* Milton
Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
* Shakespeare
Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
As a verb captive
is .As a noun syncytin is
(protein) any of a class of captive retroviral envelope proteins involved in human placental morphogenesis.captive
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. The captive made no resistance […].}}
Adjective
(-)- A poor, miserable, captive thrall.
- Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
- captive''' chains; '''captive hours