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Webster 1913 Edition

Capture

Cap′ture

,
Noun.
[L.
capture
, fr.
caper
to take: cf. F.
capture
. See
Caitiff
, and cf.
aptive
.]
1.
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
.
Even with regard to
captures
made at sea.
Bluckstone.
2.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
Syn. – Seizure; apprehension; arrest; detention.

Cap′ture

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Captured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Capturing
.]
1.
To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
Her heart is like some fortress that has been
captured
.
W. Ivring.

Webster 1828 Edition

Capture

CAPTURE

,
Noun.
1.
In a general sense, the act of taking or seizing; as the capture of an enemy, of a ship, or of booty, by force, surprise or stratagem.
2.
The thing taken; a prize; prey taken by force, surprise or stratagem.
3.
Seizure; arrest as the capture of a criminal or debtor.

CAPTURE

,
Verb.
T.
To take or seize by force, surprise or stratagem, as an enemy or his property; to take by force under the authority of a commission; as to capture a ship.

Definition 2024

capturé

capturé

See also: capture

French

Verb

capturé m ‎(feminine singular capturée, masculine plural capturés, feminine plural capturées)

  1. past participle of capturer

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

capturé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of capturar.

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