Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 17
Capsule (n.) A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
Atrabiliary capsule. See under Atrabiliary.
Glisson's capsule, A membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ.
Suprarenal capsule, A ductless gland secreting epinephrine, norepinephrine, and steroid hormones, on the upper end of each kidney. It is also called the adrenal gland, glandula suprarenalis, suprarenal gland, epinephros, atrabiliary capsule, and adrenal capsule.
Capsule (n.) A small container.
Capsule (n.) A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside.
Capsule (n.) A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses.
Capsule (n.) A shortened version of a written work [syn: {condensation}, {abridgement}, {abridgment}, {capsule}].
Capsule (n.) A structure that encloses a body part.
Capsule (n.) A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space [syn: {space capsule}, {capsule}].
Capsule (n.) A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [syn: {ejection seat}, {ejector seat}, {capsule}].
Capsule (v.) Enclose in a capsule [syn: {capsule}, {capsulate}, {capsulize}, {capsulise}].
Capsule (v.) Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [syn: {encapsulate}, {capsule}, {capsulize}, {capsulise}].
Captain (n.) 陸軍上尉；海軍上校；【美】空軍上尉；船長；艦長；（飛機的）機長；（運動隊的）隊長；領隊；（團體的）首領 A head, or chief officer; as:
Captain (n.) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
Captain (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
Captain (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
Captain (n.) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
Captain (n.) The foreman of a body of workmen.
Captain (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.
A trainband captain eke was he. -- Cowper.
The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. -- Arbuthnot.
Captain (n.) A military leader; a warrior.
Foremost captain of his time. -- Tennyson.
Captain general. (a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia.
Captain general. (b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands.
Captain lieutenant, A lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment.
Captain (v. t.) 做首領，擔任隊長，統帥，指揮 To act as captain of; to lead. [R.]
Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms. -- Lowell.
Captain (a.) Chief; superior. [R.]
Captain jewes in the carcanet. -- Shak.
Captain (n.) An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant.
Captain (n.) The naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: {captain}, {skipper}].
Captain (n.) A policeman in charge of a precinct [syn: {captain}, {police captain}, {police chief}].
Captain (n.) An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: {master}, {captain}, {sea captain}, {skipper}].
Captain (n.) The leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: {captain}, {chieftain}].
Captain (n.) The pilot in charge of an airship [syn: {captain}, {senior pilot}].
Captain (n.) A dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers [syn: {captain}, {headwaiter}, {maitre d'hotel}, {maitre d'}].
Captain (v.) Be the captain of a sports team.
Captain, () (1.) Heb. sar (1 Sam. 22:2; 2 Sam. 23:19). Rendered "chief," Gen. 40:2; 41:9; rendered also "prince," Dan. 1:7; "ruler," Judg. 9:30; "governor,' 1 Kings 22:26. This same Hebrew word denotes a military captain (Ex. 18:21; 2 Kings 1:9; Deut. 1:15; 1 Sam. 18:13, etc.), the "captain of the body-guard" (Gen. 37:36; 39:1; 41:10; Jer. 40:1), or, as the word may be rendered, "chief of the executioners" (marg.). The officers of the king's body-guard frequently acted as executioners. Nebuzar-adan (Jer. 39:13) and Arioch (Dan. 2:14) held this office in Babylon. The "captain of the guard" mentioned in Acts 28:16 was the Praetorian prefect, the commander of the Praetorian troops.
Captain, () (2.) Another word (Heb. katsin) so translated denotes sometimes a military (Josh. 10:24; Judg. 11:6, 11; Isa. 22:3 "rulers;" Dan. 11:18) and sometimes a civil command, a judge, magistrate, Arab. _kady_, (Isa. 1:10; 3:6; Micah 3:1, 9).
Captain, () (3.) It is also the rendering of a Hebrew word (shalish) meaning "a third man," or "one of three." The LXX. render in plural by _tristatai_; i.e., "soldiers fighting from chariots," so called because each war-chariot contained three men, one of whom acted as charioteer while the other two fought (Ex. 14:7; 15:4; 1 Kings 9:22; comp. 2 Kings 9:25). This word is used also to denote the king's body-guard (2 Kings 10:25; 1 Chr. 12:18; 2 Chr. 11:11) or aides-de-camp.
Captain, () (4.) The "captain of the temple" mentioned in Acts 4:1 and 5:24 was not a military officer, but superintendent of the guard of priests and Levites who kept watch in the temple by night. (Comp. "the ruler of the house of God," 1 Chr. 9:11; 2 Chr. 31:13; Neh. 11:11.)
Captain, () (5.) The Captain of our salvation is a name given to our Lord (Heb. 2:10), because he is the author and source of our salvation, the head of his people, whom he is conducting to glory. The "captain of the Lord's host" (Josh. 5:14, 15) is the name given to that mysterious person who manifested himself to Abraham (Gen. 12:7), and to Moses in the bush (Ex. 3:2, 6, etc.) the Angel of the covenant. (See ANGEL.)
CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN, () mar. law. The name given to the master or commander of a vessel. He is known in this country very generally by the name of master. (q.v.) He is also frequently denominated patron in foreign laws and books.
CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN, () The captains in the navy of the United States, are officers appointed by government. Those who are employed in the mercantile service, have not strictly an official character. They are appointed or employed by the owners on the vessels they command.
CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN, () It is proposed to consider the duty of the latter. Towards the owner of the vessel he is bound by his personal attention and care, to take all the necessary precautions for her safety; to, proceed on the voyage in which such vessel may be engaged, and to obey faithfully his instructions; and by all means in his power to promote the interest of his owner. But he is not required to violate good faith, nor employ fraud even with an enemy. 3 Cranch, 242.
CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN, () Towards others, it is the policy of the law to hold him responsible for all losses or damages that may happen to the goods committed to his charge; whether they arise from negligence, ignorance, or willful misconduct of himself or his mariners, or any other person on board the ship. As soon, therefore, as goods are put on board, they are in the master's charge, and he is bound to deliver them again in the same state in which they were shipped, and he is answerable for all losses or damages they may sustain, unless it proceed from an inherent defect in the article, or from some accident or misfortune which could not be prevented.
CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN, () It may be laid down as a general rule, that the captain is responsible when any loss occurs in consequence of his doing what he ought not to do, unless he was forced by the act of God,. the enemies of the United States, or the perils of the sea.1 Marsh. Ins. 241; Pard. n. 658.
CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN, () The rights of the captain are, to choose his crew as he is responsible for their acts, this seems but just, but a reasonable deference to the rights of the owner require that he should be consulted, as he, as well as the captain, is responsible for the acts of the crew. On board, the captain is invested with almost arbitrary power over the crew, being responsible for the abuse of his authority. Ab. on Shipp. 162. He may repair the ship, and, if he is not in funds to pay the expenses of such repairs, he may borrow money, when abroad, on the credit of his owners or of the ship. Abb. on Sh. 127-8. In such cases, although contracting within the ordinary scope of his powers and duties, he is generally responsible as well as the owner. This is the established rule of the maritime law, introduced in favor of commerce it has been recognized and adopted by the commercial nations of, Europe, and is derived from the civil or Roman law. Abbott, Ship. 90; Story, Ag. Sec. 116 to 123, Sec. 294; Paley, Ag. by Lloyd, 244; 1 Liverm. Ag. 70; Poth. Ob. n. 82; Ersk. Inst. 3, 3, 43; Dig. 4, 9, 1; Poth. Pand. lib. 14, tit. 1; 3 Summ. R. 228. See Bell's Com. 505, 6th ed; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Captaincy (n.) 艦長（上尉）之地位 The rank, post, or commission of a captain. -- Washington.
Captaincy general, The office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a
captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).
Captaincy (n.) The post of captain [syn: {captainship}, {captaincy}].
Captainry (n.) Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [Obs.]
Captainship (n.) 統帥（captain）之地位；統帥之才；將帥的資格 The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander.
Captainship (n.) Military skill; as, to show good captainship.
Captainship (n.) The post of captain [syn: captainship, captaincy].
Captation (n.) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [Obs.]
Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches. -- Eikon Basilike.
Captation, () French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally taken in a bad sense.
Captation, () Captation takes place by those demonstrations of attachment and friendship, by those assiduous attentions, by those services and officious little presents which are usual among friends, and by all those means which ordinarily render us agreeable to others. When those attentions are unattended by deceit or fraud, they are perfectly fair, and the captation is lawful; but if, under the mask of friendship, fraud is the object, and means are used to deceive the person with whom you are connected, then the captation is fraudulent, and the acts procured by the captator are void. See Influence.
Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.]
This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. -- Bacon.
Caption (n.) 逮捕 The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] -- Bouvier.
Caption (n.) (Law) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed. -- Bouvier. -- Wharton.
Caption (n.) 標題 The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]
Caption (n.) Taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply."
Caption (n.) Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn: {subtitle}, {caption}].
Caption (n.) Brief description accompanying an illustration [syn: {caption}, {legend}].
Caption (v.) 加上標題，加上說明標題，說明，字幕 Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing.
Caption, () practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a 'Commission, indictment, &c., which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or executed. As to the forms and requisites of captions, see 1 Murph. 281; 8 Yerg. 514; 4 Iredell, 113; 6 Miss,. 469; 1 Scam. 456; 5 How. Mis. 20; 6 Blackf. 299; 1 Hawks, 354; 1 Brev. 169.
Caption, () In the English practice, when an inferior court in obedience to the writ of certiorari, returns an indictment into the K. B., it is annexed to the caption, then called a schedule, and the caption concludes with stating, that "it is presented in manner and form as appears in a certain indictment thereto annexed," and the caption and indictment are returned on separate parchments. 1 Saund. 309, n. 2. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
Caption, () Caption is another name for arrest. CAPTIVE. By this term is understood one who has been taken; it is usually applied to prisoners of war. (q.v.) Although he has lost his liberty, a captive does not by his captivity lose his civil rights.
Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
A captious and suspicious age. -- Stillingfleet.
I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to abide the test of a captious controversy. -- Bwike.
Captious (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
Captious restraints on navigation. -- Bancroft.
Syn: Caviling, carping, fault-finding; censorious; hypercritical; peevish, fretful; perverse; troublesome.
Usage: Captious, caviling, Carping. A captious person is one who has a fault-finding habit or manner, or is disposed to catch at faults, errors, etc., with quarrelsome intent; a caviling person is disposed to raise objections on frivolous grounds; carping implies that one is given to ill-natured, persistent, or unreasonable fault-finding, or picking up of the words or actions of others.
Caviling is the carping of argument, carping the caviling of ill temper. -- C. J. Smith.
Captious (a.) Tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor" [syn: captious, faultfinding].
Captiously (adv.) In a captious manner.
Captiously (adv.) In a captious, carping manner; "he was captiously
pedantic."
Captiousness (n.) Captious disposition or manner.
Captivated (imp. & p. p.) of Captivate.
Captivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Captivate.
Captivate (v. t.) 迷住，迷惑 To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.]
Their woes whom fortune captivates. -- Shak.
Captivate (v. t.) To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. -- W. Irving.
Syn: To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch; facinate; capture; lead captive.
Captivate (p. a.) Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.
Women have been captivate ere now. -- Shak.
Captivate (v.) Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant].
Captivate (v.) [ T ] 使著迷；迷住；吸引 To hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive.
// With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere.
Captivating (a.) Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"ti*va`ting*ly, adv.
Captivating (a.) Capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating].
Captivation (n.) The act of captivating. [R.]
The captivation of our understanding. -- Bp. Hall.
Captivation (n.) The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) [syn: fascination, captivation].
Captivation (n.) A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual [syn: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination].
Captive (n.) [C] 俘虜；囚徒；獵獲物；著迷的人；受控制的人 A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.
Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. -- Milton.
Captive (n.) One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
Captive (a.) [Z] 被俘的；受監禁的；受控制的；被迷住的 Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.
A poor, miserable, captive thrall. -- Milton.
Captive (a.) Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words. -- Shak.
Captive (a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.
Captived (imp. & p. p.) of Captive.
Captiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Captive.
Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.
Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived. -- Burke.
Captive (a.) Being in captivity [syn: captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed].
Captive (a.) Giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred" -- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped].
Captive (n.) A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn: prisoner, captive].
Captive (n.) An animal that is confined.
Captive (n.) A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.
Captive, () One taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was
taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women and children
carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa. 20; 47:3; 2 Chr. 28:9-15; Ps.
44:12; Joel 3:3), and exposed to the most cruel treatment (Nah. 3:10; Zech.
14:2; Esther 3:13; 2 Kings 8:12; Isa. 13:16, 18). Captives were sometimes
carried away into foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5;
39:9, 10; 40:7).
Captivity (n.) The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs. -- Dryden.
Captivity (n.) A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.
Sink in the soft captivity together. -- Addison.
Syn: Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection; servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.
Captivity (n.) The state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" [syn: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement].
Captivity (n.) The state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity" -- Shakespeare [syn: enslavement, captivity].
Captivity, () (1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr. 5:26) (B.C. 762), and Tiglath-pileser, in the days of Pekah (B.C. 738), carried away the trans-Jordanic tribes and the inhabitants of Galilee into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; Isa. 9:1).
Subsequently Shalmaneser invaded Israel and laid siege to Samaria, the capital of the kingdom. During the siege he died, and was succeeded by Sargon, who took the city, and transported the great mass of the people into Assyria (B.C. 721), placing them in Halah and in Habor, and in the cities of the Medes (2 Kings 17:3, 5). Samaria was never again inhabited by the Israelites. The families thus removed were carried to distant cities, many of them not far from the Caspian Sea, and their place was supplied by colonists from Babylon and Cuthah, etc. (2 Kings 17:24). Thus terminated the kingdom of the ten tribes, after a separate duration of two hundred and fifty-five years (B.C. 975-721).
Many speculations have been indulged in with reference to these ten tribes. But we believe that all, except the number that probably allied themselves with Judah and shared in their restoration under Cyrus, are finally lost.
"Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, They are gone, and for ever."
Captivity, () (2.) Of Judah. In the third year of Jehoiachim, the eighteenth king of Judah (B.C. 605), Nebuchadnezzar having overcome the Egyptians at Carchemish, advanced to Jerusalem with a great army. After a brief siege he took that city, and carried away the vessels of the sanctuary to Babylon, and dedicated them in the Temple of Belus (2 Kings 24:1; 2 Chr. 36:6, 7; Dan. 1:1, 2).
He also carried away the treasures of the king, whom he made his vassal. At this time, from which is dated the "seventy years" of captivity (Jer. 25; Dan. 9:1, 2), Daniel and his companions were carried to Babylon, there to be brought up at the court and trained in all the learning of the Chaldeans. After this, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, a great national fast was appointed (Jer. 36:9), during which the king, to show his defiance, cut up the leaves of the book of Jeremiah's prophecies as they were read to him in his winter palace, and threw them into the fire.
In the same spirit he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 24:1), who again a second time (B.C. 598) marched against Jerusalem, and put Jehoiachim to death, placing his son Jehoiachin on the throne in his stead. But Jehoiachin's counsellors displeasing Nebuchadnezzar, he again a third time turned his army against Jerusalem, and carried away to Babylon a second detachment of Jews as captives, to the number of 10,000 (2 Kings 24:13; Jer. 24:1; 2 Chr. 36:10), among whom were the king, with his mother and all his princes and officers, also Ezekiel, who with many of his companions were settled on the banks of the river Chebar (q.v.). He also carried away all the remaining treasures of the temple and the palace, and the golden vessels of the sanctuary.
Mattaniah, the uncle of Jehoiachin, was now made king over what remained of the kingdom of Judah, under the name of Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:17; 2 Chr. 36:10). After a troubled reign of eleven years his kingdom came to an end (2 Chr. 36:11).
Nebuchadnezzar, with a powerful army, besieged Jerusalem, and Zedekiah became a prisoner in Babylon. His eyes were put out, and he was kept in close confinement till his death (2 Kings 25:7). The city was spoiled of all that was of value, and then given up to the flames. The temple and palaces were consumed, and the walls of the city were levelled with the ground (B.C. 586), and all that remained of the people, except a number of the poorest class who were left to till the ground and dress the vineyards, were carried away captives to Babylon. This was the third and last deportation of Jewish captives. The land was now utterly desolate, and was abondoned to anarchy.
In the first year of his reign as king of Babylon (B.C. 536), Cyrus issued a decree liberating the Jewish captives, and permitting them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city and the temple (2 Chr. 36:22, 23; Ezra 1; 2). The number of the people forming the first caravan, under Zerubbabel, amounted in all to 42,360 (Ezra 2:64, 65), besides 7,337 men-servants and maid-servants. A considerable number, 12,000 probably, from the ten tribes who had been carried away into Assyria no doubt combined with this band of liberated captives.
At a later period other bands of the Jews returned (1) under Ezra (7:7) (B.C. 458), and (2) Nehemiah (7:66) (B.C. 445). But the great mass of the people remained still in the land to which they had been carried, and became a portion of the Jews of the "dispersion" (John 7:35; 1 Pet. 1:1). The whole number of the exiles that chose to remain was probably about six times the number of those who returned.
Captor (n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
Captor (n.) A person who captures and holds people or animals [syn: captor, capturer] [ant: liberator].
Captor, () war. One who has taken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
Captor, () Formerly, goods taken in war were adjudged to belong to the captor; they are now considered to vest primarily, in the state or sovereign, and belong to the individual captors only to the extent that the municipal laws provide.
Captor, () Captors are responsible to the owners of the property for all losses and damages, when the capture is tortious and without reasonable cause in the exercise of belligerent rights. But if the capture is originally justifiable, the captors will not be responsible, unless by subsequent misconduct they become trespassers ab initio. i Rob. R. 93, 96. See 2 Gall. 374; 1 Gall. 274; 1 Pet. Adm. Dee. 116; 1 Mason, R. 14.
Capture (n.) 抓取，戰利品，捕獲之物 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.
Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
Capture (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.
Syn: Seizure; apprehension; arrest; detention.
Captured (imp. & p. p.) of Capture.
Capturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capture.
Capture (v. t.) 抓取，獲得，迷住 To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
Capture (v. t.) To record or make a lasting representation of (sound or images); as, to capture an event on videotape; the artist captured the expression of grief on his face.
Capture (v. t.) (Games) To take control of, or remove from play; as, to capture a piece in chess.
Capture (v. t.) To exert a strong psychological influence on; as, to capture the heart of a maiden; to capture the attention of the nation.
Capture (v. t.) (Computers) To record (data) in a computer-readable form; as, to capture a transaction in a database.
Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured. -- W. Ivring.
Capture (n.) The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property [syn: {capture}, {gaining control}, {seizure}].
Capture (n.) A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field.
Capture (n.) Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.
Capture (n.) The act of taking of a person by force [syn: {capture}, {seizure}].
Capture (n.) The removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board.
Capture (v.) Succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea."
Capture (v.) Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: {capture}, {enamour}, {trance}, {catch}, {becharm}, {enamor}, {captivate}, {beguile}, {charm}, {fascinate}, {bewitch}, {entrance}, {enchant}].
Capture (v.) Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" [syn: {get}, {catch}, {capture}].
Capture (v.) Bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet."
Capture (v.) Take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: {appropriate}, {capture}, {seize}, {conquer}].
Capture (v.) Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" [syn: {capture}, {catch}].
Capture, () war. The taking of property by one belligerent from another.
Capture, () To make a good capture of a ship, it must be subdued and taken by an enemy in open war, or by way of reprisals, or by a pirate, and with intent to deprive the owner of it.
Capture, () Capture may be with intent to possess both ship and cargo, or only to seize the goods of the enemy, or contraband goods which are on board: The former is the capture of the ship in the proper sense of the word; the latter is only an arrest and detention, without any design to deprive the owner of it. Capture is deemed lawful, when made by a declared enemy, lawfully commissioned and according to the laws of war; and unlawful, when it is against the rules established by the law of nations. Marsh. Ins. B. 1, c. 12, s. 4.See, generally, Lee on Captures, passim; 1 Chitty's Com. Law, 377 to 512; 2 Woddes. 435 to 457; 2 Caines' C. Err 158; 7 Johns. R. 449; 3 Caines' R. 155; 11 Johns. R. 241; 13 Johns. R.161; 14 Johns. R. 227; 3 Wheat. 183; 4 Cranch, 436 Mass. 197; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Capuccio (n.) A capoch or hood. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Capuched (a.) Cover with, or as with, a hood. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Capuchin (n.) (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. -- Sir W. Scott.
Capuchin (n.) A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.
Capuchin (n.) (Zool.) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.
Capuchin (n.) (Zool.) Other species of Cabus, as Cabus fatuellus (the brown capucine or horned capucine.), Cabus albifrons (the cararara), and Cabus apella.
Capuchin (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
Capuchin nun, One of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.
Capuchin (n.) A hooded cloak for women.
Capuchin (n.) Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl [syn: capuchin, ringtail, Cebus capucinus].
Capucine (n.) See Capuchin, 3.
Capulet (n.) (Far.) Same as Capellet.
Capulin (n.) [Sp. capuli.] The Mexican cherry ({Prunus Capollin).
Capulin (n.) Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit [syn: capulin, capulin tree, Prunus capuli].
Capulin (n.) Mexican black cherry [syn: capulin, Mexican black cherry].
Capita (n. pl. ) of Caput.
Caput (n.) (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
Caput (n.) The top or superior part of a thing.
Caput (n.) (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Your caputs and heads of colleges. -- Lamb.
Caput mortuum. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.
CAPITA, or PER CAPITA. By heads. An expression of frequent occurrence in laws regulating the distribution of the estates of persons dying intestate.
When all the persons entitled to shares in the distribution are of the same degree of kindred to the deceased person, (e.g. when all are grandchildren,) and claim directly from him in their own right and not through an intermediate relation, they take per capita, that is, equal shares, or share and share alike. But when they are of different degrees of kindred, (e. g. some the children, others the grandchildren or the great grandchildren of the, deceased,) those more remote take er stirpem or per stirpes, that is, they take respectively the shares their parents (or other relation standing in the same degree with them of the surviving kindred entitled) who are in the nearest degree of kindred to the intestate,) would have taken had they respectively survived the intestate. Reeves' Law of Descent, Introd. xxvii.; also 1 Rop. on Leg. 126, 130. See Per Capita; Per Stirpes; Stirpes.
Capybara (n.) (Zool.) A large South American rodent ({Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.
Capybara (n.) Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent [syn: capybara, capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris].
Car (n.) A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
Car (n.) A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.]
Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train.
Car (n.) A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic].
The gilded car of day. -- Milton.
The towering car, the sable steeds. -- Tennyson.
Car (n.) (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
Car (n.) The cage of a lift or elevator.
Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Carabid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae.
Carabid (n.) One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
Carabine (n.) A carbine.
Carabineer (n.) A carbineer.
Caraboid (a.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.
Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.
Carac (n.) See Carack.
Caracal (n.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
Caracara (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
Carack (n.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.
Caracole (n.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
Caracole (n.) A staircase in a spiral form.
Caracoled (imp. & p. p.) of Caracole.
Caracole (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
Caracoly (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made. Caracore
Caracore (n.) Alt. of Caracora.
Caracora (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.
Carafe (n.) A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft. Carageen
Carafe (n.) A bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: carafe, decanter].
Carageen (n.) Alt. of Caragheen.
Caragheen (n.) See Carrageen.
Carrageen, Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.] Carrageenan
Carageen (n.) Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America [syn: Irish moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus].
Carambola (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.
Caramel (n.) (Chem.) （供食物著色用的）焦糖 [U]；卡拉梅爾奶糖 [C] [U] Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
Caramel (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.
Caramel (a.) Having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown [syn: caramel, caramel brown].
Caramel (n.) Firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk.
Caramel (n.) Burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food [syn: caramel, caramelized sugar].
Caramel (n.) A medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown].
Carangoid (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
Carangidae (n.) Large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
Syn: family Carangidae.
Caranx (n.) (Zool.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.
Caranx (n.) Type genus of the Carangidae [syn: Caranx, genus Caranx].
Carapace (n.) [F.] (Zool.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
Carapace (n.) Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield].
Carapato (n.) (Zool.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma.
There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.
Carapax (n.) (Zool.) See Carapace.
Carat (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
Note: The carat equals three and one fifth grains Troy, and is divided into four grains, sometimes called carat grains. Diamonds and other precious stones are estimated by carats and fractions of carats, and pearls, usually, by carat grains. -- Tiffany.