Definition of capture

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Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..

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Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..
Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..
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..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property..
Prize :: Prize (n.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel..
Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
Reprise :: Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..
Force :: Force (n.) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress..
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..
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..
Capture :: Capture (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey..
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..
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..
Captured :: Captured (imp. & p. p.) of Captur.
Maiden :: Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated..
Retake :: Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners..
Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..
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