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States Senator Horace Maynard, and at the time of the capture was about fifty years old.

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  1. transitive verb To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.
  2. transitive verb To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.
  3. transitive verb To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
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  • This feeling had its origin in the disasters of the campaign of 1799, and was brought to a climax by the refusal of Great Britain to yield Malta to him, as Grand Master of the Order, after its capture from the French in September, 1800. —  The Life of Nelson, Vol. II
  • The term automatic data capture is also known as automatic identification and data capture. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • "He has shown his disregard for life by letting this plane go unmanned until it crashed into the ground in Florida," U.S. marshals Deputy John Beeman said today, before the capture was announced. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • Please provide, with specificity and in detail, all particulars on the following since his capture was announced by President Bush in 2004: —  Firedoglake
  • Many people here, in the green folds of eastern Congo where so much blood has been spilled, hope his capture could be the final chapter in a conflict that has raged for years. —  The Seattle Times
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. 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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  1. from French capture = Provencal Spanish Portuguese captura = Italian cattura, from Latin captura, a taking, catching (of animals), from capere, past participle captus, take: see capable, captive.
  2. from capture, n.
 

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/ˈkæptʃər/
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