Definition of Caitive

1. a captive [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caitive

cairn terrier
cairn terriers
cairned
cairngorm
cairngorms
cairngormstone
cairns
cairny
caissaca
caisson
caisson disease
caisson sickness
caissons
caitiff
caitiffs
caitive (current term)
caitives
caixin
cajan pea
cajaput
cajaputs
cajeput
cajeputol
cajeputs
cajole
cajoled
cajolement
cajolements
cajoler
cajoleries

Literary usage of Caitive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"Now in these cases when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and by special arts and strengths of ..."

2. The Legend of Sir Perceval: Studies Upon Its Origin, Development, and by Jessie Laidlay Weston (1906)
"Après si dist : " caitive mi com mes frere s'iert mon ami, 125 ne haïr ne le doi por cie. Biax sire Dex, que ferai gie ? se mes amis ocit mon frere, ..."

3. The Whole Works ; with an Essay Biographical and Critical by Jeremy Taylor (1835)
"Now, in these cases, when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and, by special arts and strengths ..."

4. The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life by Jeremy Taylor (1834)
"Now, in these cases, when our natures are caitive and unhandsome, it were good we were conscious of our own weaknesses, and, by special arts and strengths ..."

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