Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Captive (-s)
captive (-s), n. [Fr. < L. captiv-us, taken prisoner.]
- Invalid; shut-in; person unable to go out; someone in need of comfort.
- Prisoner; person without freedom; one who is confined; someone taken by force; [fig.] slave; bond-servant; (see Luke 4:18).
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