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cap·ture       (kāp'chər)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   cap·tured, cap·tur·ing, cap·tures
  1. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.
  2. To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.
  3. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
  4. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.

n.  
  1. The act of catching, taking, or winning, as by force or skill.
  2. One that has been seized, caught, or won; a catch or prize.
  3. Physics The phenomenon in which an atom or a nucleus absorbs a subatomic particle, often with the subsequent emission of radiation.


[From French, capture, from Old French, from Latin captūra, a catching of animals, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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