Also -aunce. Obs. rare. [f. F. captiver to CAPTIVE + -ANCE.] = CAPTIVATION, CAPTIVITY.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., III. vii. 45. That wofull squyre Whom he had reskewed from captivaunce. Ibid., V. vi. 17. With that he gan at large to her dilate The whole discourse of his captivance sad.
