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Encapture (verb)
To capture.
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Capture (noun)
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
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Capture (noun)
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
“the capture of a lover’s heart”
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Capture (noun)
Something that has been captured; a captive.
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Capture (noun)
The recording or storage of something for later playback.
“video capture”
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Capture (noun)
A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
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Capture (verb)
To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
“to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal”
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Capture (verb)
To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
“She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.”
“She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.”
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Capture (verb)
To reproduce convincingly.
“His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.”
“In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.”
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Capture (verb)
To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
“My pawn was captured.”
“He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.”
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Capture (verb)
take into one’s possession or control by force
“the island was captured by Australian forces in 1914”
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Capture (verb)
(in chess and other board games) make a move that secures the removal of (an opposing piece) from the board
“Black cannot capture the knight”
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Capture (verb)
(of a star, planet, or other celestial body) bring (a less massive body) permanently within its gravitational influence
“Jupiter’s gravity captured a small percentage of these planetesimals”
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Capture (verb)
record accurately in words or pictures
“she did a series of sketches, trying to capture all his moods”
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Capture (verb)
cause (data) to be stored in a computer
“these allow users to capture, edit, and display geographic data”
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Capture (verb)
absorb (an atomic or subatomic particle)
“the free electrons were moving too rapidly to be captured by nuclei”
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Capture (verb)
(of a stream) divert the upper course of (another stream) by encroaching on its catchment area.
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Capture (noun)
the action of capturing or of being captured
“he was killed while resisting capture”
“the capture of the city”
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Capture (noun)
a person or thing that has been captured
“a bounty hunter who always brings his captures in alive”