Captainry
Cap″tain‐ry (?), n. [Cf. F. capitainerie.] Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Captainship
Cap″tain‐ship, n. 1. The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander. “To take the captainship.” Shak.2. Military skill; as, to show good captainship.
Captation
Cap‐ta′tion (?), n. [L. captatio, fr. captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: cf. F. captation.] A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quali...
Caption
Cap″tion (?), n. [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head. See Capacious.] 1. A caviling; a sophism.This doctrine is ...
Captious
Cap″tious (?), a. [F. captieux, L. captiosus. See Caption.] 1. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.A captious and su...
Captiously
Cap″tious‐ly, adv. In a captious manner.
Captiousness
Cap″tious‐ness, n. Captious disposition or manner.
Captivate
Cap″ti‐vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Captivated; p. pr. & vb. n.Captivating.] [L. captivatus, p. p. of captivare to capture, fr. captivus captive. See Captive.] 1. To take prison...
Captivate (2)
Cap″ti‐vate (?), p. a. [L. captivatus.] Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.Women have been captivate ere now.Shak.
Captivating
Cap″ti‐va′ting (?), a. Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. — Cap″ti‐va′ting‐ly, adv.
Captivation
Cap″ti‐va′tion (?), n. [L. capticatio.] The act of captivating.The captivation of our understanding.Bp. Hall.
Captive
Cap″tive (?), n. [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.] 1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in t...
Captive (2)
Cap″tive, a. 1. Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.A poor, miserable, captive thrall.Milton.2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.Even in so s...
Captive (3)
Cap″tive (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Captived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Captiving.] To take prisoner; to capture.Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived.Burke.
Captivity
Cap‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. [L. captivitas: cf. F. captivité.] 1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs.Dryden.2. A ...
Captor
Cap″tor (?), n. [L., a cather (of animals), fr. caper to take.] One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
Capture
Cap″ture (?), n. [L. capture, fr. caper to take: cf. F. capture. See Caitiff, and cf. aptive.]1. The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by st...
Capture (2)
Cap″ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Captured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Capturing.] To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort....
Capuccio
‖Ca‐puc″cio (?), n. [It. cappucio. See Capoch.] A capoch or hood. Spenser.
Capuched
Ca‐puched″ (?), a. [See Capoch.] Cover with, or as with, a hood. Sir T. Browne.
Capuchin
Cap′u‐chin″ (?), n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See Capoch.]1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di ...
Capucine
Cap″u‐cine (?), n. See Capuchin, 3.
Capulet
Cap″u‐let (?), n.(Far.) Same as Capellet.
Capulin
Cap″u‐lin (–lĭn), n. [Sp. capuli.] The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin).
Caput
‖Ca″put (kā″pŭt), n.; pl.Capita (kăp″ĭ‐tȧ). 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.2. The top or superior part of a thing.3. (Eng.) The council or rulin...
Capybara
Ca′py‐ba″ra (?), n. [Sp. capibara, fr. the native name.] (Zoöl.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochærus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the larges...
Car
Car (?), n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot.] 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, o...