- (v.t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
- (n.) The act of seizing by force or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel or a criminal.
- (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
- (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise or stratagem; a prize; prey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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