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tɪdʒ noun
1.
a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
2.
Archaic. a security or pledge.
3.
Obsolete. the condition of a hostage.
verb (used with object)
4.
to give (someone) as a hostage: He was hostaged to the Indians.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person given to or held by a person, organization, etc, as a security or pledge or for ransom, release, exchange for prisoners, etc |
| 2. | the state of being held as a hostage |
| 3. | any security or pledge |
| 4. | give hostages to fortune to place oneself in a position in which misfortune may strike through the loss of what one values most |
| [C13: from Old French, from hoste guest, | |
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Word Origin & History
hostage
c.1275, from O.Fr. hostage "person given as security or hostage," either from hoste "guest" (see host (1)) via notion of "a lodger held by a landlord as security," or from L.L. obsidanus "condition of being held as security," from obses "hostage," from ob- "before" + base of
sedere "to sit." Modern political/terrorism sense is from 1970s.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Hostage definition
a person delivered into the hands of another as a security for the performance of some promise, etc. (2 Kings 14:14; 2 Chr. 25:24).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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