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decaptivate

verb

Etymology

From de- + captivate.

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻
  2. derived from captīvus — “captive, prisoner”
  3. learned borrowing from captīvātus
  4. prefixed as decaptivate — “de + captivate”

Definitions

  1. To make not captive, or less captive

    To make not captive, or less captive; to free.

The neighborhood

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