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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kap-tiv-i-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : kæpˈtɪv ɪ ti |
Definition of captivity
Origin :- late 14c., Old French *captivite or directly from Latin captivitatem (nominative captivitas), from captivus (see captive (n.)). An Old English cognate word for it was gehæftnes (see haft).
- noun physical detention by force
- His own sister's child, he said, was thus held in captivity.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Content to starve, content to freeze, if only he need not be carried into captivity.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Were not the chosen people themselves overthrown and led into captivity?
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Is it possible to do nothing to redeem these poor people, father, from captivity?
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- At Tamvot 250 Armenians were massacred and the women carried into captivity.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- He was however, overtaken, and carried into captivity to their towns.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- But it was not their intention to carry them into captivity.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- Of those who were carried into captivity, none ever returned.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- Among these was Jean Macquart, who along with Maurice had escaped from captivity.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- She would be able to see what this uncanny thing was that shared her captivity.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
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