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Definition of Captives
1. captive [n] - See also: captive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Captives
Literary usage of Captives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eastern Proverbs and Emblems Illustrating Old Truths by James Long (1881)
"14—26; ancient tyrants fastened captives to a dead tody face to face until they
... captives in war were often stripped naked, and thrown into-a dungeon; ..."
2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"!HE Plains Indians never make captives of men. I have never known of a single
instance, and if I have ever heard of one, I do not recollect it. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1813)
"Rome, it is confidently affirmed, that only one captives ... able condition of
captives and exiles. As the Barbarians had more ..."
4. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... who, from an honorable station and a prosperous fortune, were suddenly reduced
to the miserable condition of captives and exiles. ..."
5. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"And now, my dear friends, though you remain as captives, yet if ye be Christ's
and God's freemen, who leads the devil into captivity, that led you captive ..."
6. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"And now, my dear friends, though you remain as captives, yet if ye be Christ's
and God's freemen, who leads the devil into captivity, that led you captive ..."
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