LucentShade
Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 542 Location: Nebraska, USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Captivity refers to the state of being captive, captured, or enclosed, as in "The wolves were raised in captivity." Captive (noun) refers to a person or animal who is in such a condition. "The captives were released after four days." Captive can also work as an adjective: "He was transporting captive snakes." Captivity can only be a noun. |
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