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captivance

captivance noun: captivity.

Noun

captivance (usually uncountable, plural captivances)

  1. (obsolete, rare, usually) Captivity.
    • With that he gan at large to her dilate / The whole discourse of his captivance sad […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of captivance

pluralcaptivances

Origin of captivance

From captive + -ance.

Questions about captivance

What does captivance mean?
Captivance means captivity.
What part of speech is captivance?
Captivance is a noun.
What is the plural of captivance?
The plural of captivance is captivances.

Words near captivance in the dictionary

  1. captions
  2. captious
  3. captiously
  4. captiousness
  5. captiousnesses
  6. captivance
  7. captivances
  8. captivate
  9. captivated
  10. captivatedly
  11. captivates

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