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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kap-tiv-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : kæpˈtɪv ɪ ti

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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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