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cap⋅tion

  [kap-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, esp. in a magazine.
2. a heading or title, as of a chapter, article, or page.
3. Movies, Television. the title of a scene, the text of a speech, etc., superimposed on the film and projected onto the screen.
4. Law. the heading of a legal document stating the time, place, etc., of execution or performance.
–verb (used with object)
5. to supply a caption or captions for; entitle: to caption a photograph.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME capcio(u)n seizure < L captiōn- (s. of captiō), equiv. to capt(us) taken (see captive ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
cap⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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cap·tion   (kāp'shən)   
n.  

  1. A title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph.

  2. A series of words superimposed on the bottom of television or motion picture frames that communicate dialogue to the hearing-impaired or translate foreign dialogue.

  3. A title or heading, as of a document or article.

  4. Law The heading of a pleading or other document that identifies the parties, court, term, and number of the action.

tr.v.   cap·tioned, cap·tion·ing, cap·tions
To furnish a caption for.

[Middle English capcioun, arrest, from Old French capcion, from Latin captiō, captiōn-, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

caption 
c.1384, "taking, seizure," from O.Fr. capcion, from L. capito pp. of capere "to take" (see capable). Sense evolved from headings of legal indictments involving seizure ("Certificate of caption"), the word being taken to mean the beginning of any document; thus "heading of a chapter or section of an article" (1789), and, especially in U.S., "description or title below an illustration" (1919).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: cap·tion
Pronunciation: 'kap-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin captio act of taking, from Latin capere to take
: the part of a legal document that states the court, the names of the parties, the docket number, the title of the document, and sometimes the name of the judge
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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