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    cap·ture
    [ˈkap(t)SHər]
    verb
    capture (verb) · captures (third person present) · captured (past tense) · captured (past participle) · capturing (present participle)
    1. take into one's possession or control by force:
      "the Russians captured 13,000 men"
      • record or express accurately in words or pictures:
        "she did a series of sketches, trying to capture all his moods"
      • physics
        absorb (an atomic or subatomic particle).
      • (in chess and other board games) make a move that secures the removal of (an opposing piece) from the board.
      • astronomy
        (of a star, planet, or other celestial body) bring (a less massive body) permanently within its gravitational influence.
      • (of a stream) divert the upper course of (another stream) by encroaching on its catchment area.
      • cause (data) to be stored in a computer or in a digital format.
    noun
    capture (noun) · captures (plural noun)
    1. the action of capturing or of being captured:
      "he was killed while resisting capture" · "the capture of the city marks the high point of his career"
      • a person or thing that has been captured:
        "a bounty hunter who always brings his captures in alive"
    Origin
    mid 16th century (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere.
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    verb
    1. take into one's possession or control by force:
      Opposite:
    noun
    1. the action of capturing or of being captured:
      being trapped
      being taken prisoner
      being taken captive
      being taken into custody
      being imprisoned
      being nabbed
      being collared
      being lifted
      being pinched
      Opposite:
       
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