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cap·ture

(kăp′chər)

tr.v. cap·tured, cap·tur·ing, cap·tures

a. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.

b. To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.

a. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.

b. Astronomy To attract and pull (a celestial body) into orbit by gravitation.

3. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.

1. The act of catching, taking, or winning, as by force or skill.

2. One that has been seized, caught, or won; a catch or prize.

3. Astronomy The process by which a massive body, such as a star or planet, draws and holds another body in gravitational orbit.

4. Physics The phenomenon in which an atom or a nucleus absorbs a subatomic particle, often with the subsequent emission of radiation.

[From French, capture, from Old French, from Latin captūra, a catching of animals, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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captured

See: missing.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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"She captured it in a fair fight," Kaliko ventured to say.

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Hence, though an obstinate fight may be made by a small force, in the end it must be captured by the larger force.

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Big Alec had never been captured by the fish patrol.

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Between these walls the little Martians scampered, wild as deer; being permitted to run the full length of the aisle, where they were captured one at a time by the women and older children; the last in the line capturing the first little one to reach the end of the gauntlet, her opposite in the line capturing the second, and so on until all the little fellows had left the enclosure and been appropriated by some youth or female.

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The Witch was at first frightened at finding herself captured by the enemy; but soon she decided that she was exactly as safe in the Tin Woodman's button-hole as growing upon the bush.

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For many years the black had been in charge of the refitting of captured battleships that they might navigate Omean, and so was familiar with the construction of the propellers, housings, and the auxiliary gearing required.

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"All hail, Champion!" cried a man in the first group of Hoppers they met; "whom have you captured?"

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It frequently happens that when several ships are cruising in company, a whale may be struck by one vessel, then escape, and be finally killed and captured by another vessel; and herein are indirectly comprised many minor contingencies, all partaking of this one grand feature.

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At eleven o'clock they brought him news that the fleches captured by the French had been retaken, but that Prince Bagration was wounded.

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He, left alone, had promptly fallen asleep; and thus De Montfort's men found and captured him within sight of the bell-tower of the Priory of Lewes, where the King and his royal allies lay peacefully asleep, after their night of wine and dancing and song.

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And with Hearst crashed also to destruction the Democratic Party that he had so recently captured.

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A FISHERMAN, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul of fish.