n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: cap · tured ; cap · tur · ing \ ' kap-ch ə -ri ŋ , ' kap-shri ŋ \
Date: 1574
1 a : to take captive also : to gain control of especially by force < capture a city> b : to gain or win especially through effort < captured 60 percent of the vote>
2 a : to emphasize, represent, or preserve (as a scene, mood, or quality) in a more or less permanent form <at any such moment as a photograph might capture ― C. E. Montague> b : to record in a permanent file (as in a computer)
3 : to captivate and hold the interest of
4 : to take according to the rules of a game
5 : to bring about the capture of (a subatomic particle)
synonyms see CATCH