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captivances

captivances is the plural of captivance.

Meaning of captivance

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

Questions about captivances

What is captivances the plural of?
Captivances is the plural of captivance.

Words near captivances in the dictionary

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

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