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recaptive

noun

Etymology

From re- + captive?

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻ — “seize, hold”
  2. derived from captīvus
  3. inherited from captif
  4. prefixed as recaptive — “re + captive”

Definitions

  1. A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now…

    A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for recaptive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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