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prisoner (iou) and closely (iou)


prisoner (iou)



prisoner noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman = Old French prisonier (mod. -nn-), from prison: see PRISON, -ER2.]
A person who is being kept in prison; spec. one who is in custody as the result of a legal process. LME.
Chambers's Journal The twenty years, which all life-sentenced prisoners must serve.
A person who has surrendered to or been captured by an enemy or opponent; a prisoner of war. LME.
D. Fraser More than 230,000 of the enemy became prisoners.
b. A captive in the game of prisoners' base. E19.
transf. & fig. A person or thing confined or restricted by illness, circumstances, etc. LME.
Shakespeare Henry VIII An untimely ague Stay'd me a prisoner in my chamber. I. Murdoch I was a prisoner of the situation.
Phrases: prisoner at the bar a person on trial in a court of justice on a criminal charge. prisoner of CONSCIENCE. prisoner of State a person imprisoned for political reasons. prisoner of war a person captured in war. prisoners' bars = prisoners' base s.v. BASE noun2. prisoners' base: see BASE noun2. prisoner's dilemma Game Theory a situation in which two players each have two options whose outcome depends crucially on the simultaneous choice made by the Other (often formulated in terms of two prisoners separately deciding whether to confess to a crime). prisoner's friend Military an officer representing a defendant at a court martial. State prisoner = prisoner of State above. take prisoner seize and hold as a prisoner.

closely (iou)



closely adverb. LME.
[from CLOSE adjective + -LY2.]
In a close manner; so as to be or make close.
Shakespeare Hamlet We have closely sent for Hamlet hither. Oxford English Dictionary Henry was closely confined in the Tower. D. H. Lawrence He followed her closely. J. Buchan A sheet of yellowish parchment, covered closely with Greek characters. J. Cary He listened closely to the details of fashionable life. G. Greene He leant closely to the canvas. J. Mitchell The men were in closely tailored slacks or jeans.