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Cap*tiv"i*ty (?), n. [L.
captivitas: cf. F. captivité.]
1. The state of being a captive or a
prisoner.

More celebrated in his captivity that in
his greatest triumphs.

Dryden.

2. A state of being under control;
subjection of the will or affections; bondage.

Sink in the soft captivity together.

Addison.

Syn. -- Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection;
servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.

Cap"tor (?), n. [L., a cather (of
animals), fr. caper to take.] One who captures any
person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

Cap"ture (?), n. [L.
capture, fr. caper to take: cf. F. capture.
See Caitiff, and cf. aptive.]

1. The act of seizing by force, or
getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the
capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

Even with regard to captures made at
sea.

Bluckstone.

2. The securing of an object of strife or
desire, as by the power of some attraction.


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