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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kap-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæp tʃər



Definition of capture

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Middle French capture "a taking," from Latin captura "a taking" (especially of animals), from captus (see captive).
  • noun catching, forceful holding
  • verb catch and forcefully hold
Example sentences :
  • To prevent this, they were planning the capture of Beauséjour.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It now becomes my aim today to lay siege to this town and capture it.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • One would think it was a big handicap you meant to capture this morning.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Generally death was the least penalty that capture entailed.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • I told them of the shooting and capture of Paris and the death of Eisenlord.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Mr. Mercier withdrew that expedition, and offered $3,000 reward for the capture of Morrison!
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • What a grand thing a boy's heart is, when you capture its loyalty and its affection!
  • Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
  • Paris, however, was an ocean; it was there that he incurred the least risk of capture.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The method of his capture seemed to him quite as ignominious as the fact.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • The Mercutians were making a mighty effort to capture their prey.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

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