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captivance

noun

Etymology

From captive + -ance.

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻ — “seize, hold”
  2. derived from captīvus
  3. inherited from captif
  4. suffixed as captivance — “captive + ance”

Definitions

  1. Captivity.

    • With that he gan at large to her dilate / The whole discourse of his captivance sad […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA