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Capture :: Capture (n.) 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..

Lodgment :: Lodgment (v.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment..

Maiden :: Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated..

Citigradae :: Citigradae (n. pl.) A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider..

Net :: Net (v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

Tangle :: Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea..

Captive :: Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.

Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

Capture :: Capture (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey..

Captured :: Captured (imp. & p. p.) of Captur.

Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..

Capture :: Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction..

Land :: Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish..

Spattling-poppy :: Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.

Captor :: Captor (n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize..

Ant-lion :: Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius..

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property..

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