Word: recaptive
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
cap
tive
Definition: A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city.
Morphemes:
Affix: re-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: back, backwards
Affix: captive
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Held prisoner; not free; confined.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: captus
Language: la
Decoded: captus
Meaning: to capture
Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.