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captain
(mass) | captain
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captivate
(mass) | captivate
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capture
(mass) | capture
- zajatie |
recapture
(mass) | recapture
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Ad captandum
(gcide) | Ad captandum \Ad cap*tan"dum\ [L., for catching.]
A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts
to catch or win popular favor.
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butyl mercaptan
(gcide) | butyl mercaptan \bu"tyl mer*cap"tan\, n. (Chem.)
A volatile liquid, C4H9.SH, having a strong odor like that
of a skunk; also called butanethiol. All three isomers,
normal, sec-, and tert-butanethiol possess the skunk odor.
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captain
(gcide) | Master \Mas"ter\ (m[.a]s"t[~e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF.
maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a
double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr.
me`gas. Cf. Maestro, Magister, Magistrate, Magnitude,
Major, Mister, Mistress, Mickle.]
1. A male person having another living being so far subject
to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its
actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive
application than now.
(a) The employer of a servant.
(b) The owner of a slave.
(c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled.
(d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one
exercising similar authority.
(e) The head of a household.
(f) The male head of a school or college.
(g) A male teacher.
(h) The director of a number of persons performing a
ceremony or sharing a feast.
(i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or
horse.
(j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
supernatural being.
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2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as,
to be master of one's time. --Shak.
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Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison.
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We are masters of the sea. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application
of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
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Great masters of ridicule. --Macaulay.
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No care is taken to improve young men in their own
language, that they may thoroughly understand and be
masters of it. --Locke.
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4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced
m[i^]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written
Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
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5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
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Where there are little masters and misses in a
house, they are impediments to the diversions of the
servants. --Swift.
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6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually
called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy
ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly,
an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under
the commander, of sailing the vessel.
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7. A person holding an office of authority among the
Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person
holding a similar office in other civic societies.
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Little masters, certain German engravers of the 16th
century, so called from the extreme smallness of their
prints.
Master in chancery, an officer of courts of equity, who
acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by
inquiring into various matters referred to him, and
reporting thereon to the court.
Master of arts, one who takes the second degree at a
university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by
the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.
Master of the horse, the third great officer in the British
court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In
ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.
Master of the rolls, in England, an officer who has charge
of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of
the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge
of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
Past master,
(a) one who has held the office of master in a lodge of
Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.
(b) a person who is unusually expert, skilled, or
experienced in some art, technique, or profession; --
usually used with at or of.
The old masters, distinguished painters who preceded modern
painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th
and 17th centuries.
To be master of one's self, to have entire self-control;
not to be governed by passion.
To be one's own master, to be at liberty to act as one
chooses without dictation from anybody.
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Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly,
superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used
adjectively or in compounds; as, master builder or
master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master
mason or master-mason, master workman or
master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master
spirit, master passion, etc.
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Throughout the city by the master gate.
--Chaucer.
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Master joint (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more
prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.
Master key, a key adapted to open several locks differing
somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or
principle of general application in solving difficulties.
Master lode (Mining), the principal vein of ore.
Master mariner, an experienced and skilled seaman who is
certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.
Master sinew (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough
of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow
place, where the windgalls are usually seated.
Master singer. See Mastersinger.
Master stroke, a capital performance; a masterly
achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of
policy.
Master tap (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw
cutting die.
Master touch.
(a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope.
(b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very
skillful work or treatment. "Some master touches of
this admirable piece." --Tatler.
Master work, the most important work accomplished by a
skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.;
also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a
masterpiece.
Master workman, a man specially skilled in any art,
handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or
employer.
[1913 Webster]Captain \Cap"tain\ (k[a^]p"t[i^]n), n. [OE. capitain, captain,
OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano),
LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under
Chief, and cf. Chieftain.]
1. A head, or chief officer; as:
(a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or
battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so
though he may be employed on other service.
(b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a
commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a
colonel in the army.
(c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
although not having the rank of captain.
(d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
(e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a
captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
(f) The foreman of a body of workmen.
(g) A person having authority over others acting in
concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain
of a football team.
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A trainband captain eke was he. --Cowper.
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The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the
lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day,
through all the guards. --Arbuthnot.
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2. A military leader; a warrior.
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Foremost captain of his time. --Tennyson.
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Captain general.
(a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the
militia.
(b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent
islands.
Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties
of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first
company of an English regiment.
[1913 Webster]Captain \Cap"tain\, v. t.
To act as captain of; to lead. [R.]
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Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from
existing forms. --Lowell.
[1913 Webster]Captain \Cap"tain\, a.
Chief; superior. [R.]
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captain jewes in the carcanet. --Shak.
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Captain
(gcide) | Master \Mas"ter\ (m[.a]s"t[~e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF.
maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a
double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr.
me`gas. Cf. Maestro, Magister, Magistrate, Magnitude,
Major, Mister, Mistress, Mickle.]
1. A male person having another living being so far subject
to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its
actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive
application than now.
(a) The employer of a servant.
(b) The owner of a slave.
(c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled.
(d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one
exercising similar authority.
(e) The head of a household.
(f) The male head of a school or college.
(g) A male teacher.
(h) The director of a number of persons performing a
ceremony or sharing a feast.
(i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or
horse.
(j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
supernatural being.
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2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as,
to be master of one's time. --Shak.
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Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison.
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We are masters of the sea. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application
of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
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Great masters of ridicule. --Macaulay.
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No care is taken to improve young men in their own
language, that they may thoroughly understand and be
masters of it. --Locke.
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4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced
m[i^]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written
Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
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5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
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Where there are little masters and misses in a
house, they are impediments to the diversions of the
servants. --Swift.
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6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually
called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy
ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly,
an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under
the commander, of sailing the vessel.
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7. A person holding an office of authority among the
Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person
holding a similar office in other civic societies.
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Little masters, certain German engravers of the 16th
century, so called from the extreme smallness of their
prints.
Master in chancery, an officer of courts of equity, who
acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by
inquiring into various matters referred to him, and
reporting thereon to the court.
Master of arts, one who takes the second degree at a
university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by
the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.
Master of the horse, the third great officer in the British
court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In
ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.
Master of the rolls, in England, an officer who has charge
of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of
the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge
of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
Past master,
(a) one who has held the office of master in a lodge of
Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.
(b) a person who is unusually expert, skilled, or
experienced in some art, technique, or profession; --
usually used with at or of.
The old masters, distinguished painters who preceded modern
painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th
and 17th centuries.
To be master of one's self, to have entire self-control;
not to be governed by passion.
To be one's own master, to be at liberty to act as one
chooses without dictation from anybody.
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Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly,
superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used
adjectively or in compounds; as, master builder or
master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master
mason or master-mason, master workman or
master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master
spirit, master passion, etc.
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Throughout the city by the master gate.
--Chaucer.
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Master joint (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more
prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.
Master key, a key adapted to open several locks differing
somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or
principle of general application in solving difficulties.
Master lode (Mining), the principal vein of ore.
Master mariner, an experienced and skilled seaman who is
certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.
Master sinew (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough
of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow
place, where the windgalls are usually seated.
Master singer. See Mastersinger.
Master stroke, a capital performance; a masterly
achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of
policy.
Master tap (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw
cutting die.
Master touch.
(a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope.
(b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very
skillful work or treatment. "Some master touches of
this admirable piece." --Tatler.
Master work, the most important work accomplished by a
skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.;
also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a
masterpiece.
Master workman, a man specially skilled in any art,
handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or
employer.
[1913 Webster]Captain \Cap"tain\ (k[a^]p"t[i^]n), n. [OE. capitain, captain,
OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano),
LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under
Chief, and cf. Chieftain.]
1. A head, or chief officer; as:
(a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or
battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so
though he may be employed on other service.
(b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a
commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a
colonel in the army.
(c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
although not having the rank of captain.
(d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
(e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a
captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
(f) The foreman of a body of workmen.
(g) A person having authority over others acting in
concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain
of a football team.
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A trainband captain eke was he. --Cowper.
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The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the
lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day,
through all the guards. --Arbuthnot.
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2. A military leader; a warrior.
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Foremost captain of his time. --Tennyson.
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Captain general.
(a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the
militia.
(b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent
islands.
Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties
of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first
company of an English regiment.
[1913 Webster]Captain \Cap"tain\, v. t.
To act as captain of; to lead. [R.]
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Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from
existing forms. --Lowell.
[1913 Webster]Captain \Cap"tain\, a.
Chief; superior. [R.]
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captain jewes in the carcanet. --Shak.
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Captain general
(gcide) | Captain \Cap"tain\ (k[a^]p"t[i^]n), n. [OE. capitain, captain,
OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano),
LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under
Chief, and cf. Chieftain.]
1. A head, or chief officer; as:
(a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or
battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so
though he may be employed on other service.
(b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a
commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a
colonel in the army.
(c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
although not having the rank of captain.
(d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
(e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a
captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
(f) The foreman of a body of workmen.
(g) A person having authority over others acting in
concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain
of a football team.
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A trainband captain eke was he. --Cowper.
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The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the
lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day,
through all the guards. --Arbuthnot.
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2. A military leader; a warrior.
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Foremost captain of his time. --Tennyson.
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Captain general.
(a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the
militia.
(b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent
islands.
Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties
of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first
company of an English regiment.
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Captain lieutenant
(gcide) | Captain \Cap"tain\ (k[a^]p"t[i^]n), n. [OE. capitain, captain,
OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano),
LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under
Chief, and cf. Chieftain.]
1. A head, or chief officer; as:
(a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or
battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so
though he may be employed on other service.
(b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a
commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a
colonel in the army.
(c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
although not having the rank of captain.
(d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
(e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a
captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
(f) The foreman of a body of workmen.
(g) A person having authority over others acting in
concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain
of a football team.
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A trainband captain eke was he. --Cowper.
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The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the
lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day,
through all the guards. --Arbuthnot.
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2. A military leader; a warrior.
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Foremost captain of his time. --Tennyson.
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Captain general.
(a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the
militia.
(b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent
islands.
Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties
of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first
company of an English regiment.
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Captaincy
(gcide) | Captaincy \Cap"tain*cy\, n.; pl. Captaincies.
The rank, post, or commission of a captain. --Washington.
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Captaincy general, the office, power, territory, or
jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy
general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).
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Captaincy general
(gcide) | Captaincy \Cap"tain*cy\, n.; pl. Captaincies.
The rank, post, or commission of a captain. --Washington.
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Captaincy general, the office, power, territory, or
jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy
general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).
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Captainry
(gcide) | Captainry \Cap"tain*ry\, n. [Cf. F. capitainerie.]
Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.
[Obs.]
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Captainship
(gcide) | Captainship \Cap"tain*ship\, n.
1. The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or
chief commander. "To take the captainship." --Shak.
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2. Military skill; as, to show good captainship.
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Captation
(gcide) | 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 quality; an attraction. [Obs.]
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Without any of those dresses, or popular captations,
which some men use in their speeches. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Caption
(gcide) | 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. [Obs.]
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This doctrine is for caption and contradiction.
--Bacon.
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2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial
process. [R.] --Bouvier.
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3. (Law) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission,
indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what
authority, it was taken, found, or executed. --Bouvier.
--Wharton.
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4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]
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Captious
(gcide) | 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.
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A captious and suspicious age. --Stillingfleet.
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I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to
abide the test of a captious controversy. --Bwike.
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2. Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious;
troublesome.
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Captious restraints on navigation. --Bancroft.
Syn: Caviling, carping, fault-finding; censorious;
hypercritical; peevish, fretful; perverse; troublesome.
Usage: Captious, caviling, Carping. A captious person
is one who has a fault-finding habit or manner, or is
disposed to catch at faults, errors, etc., with
quarrelsome intent; a caviling person is disposed to
raise objections on frivolous grounds; carping implies
that one is given to ill-natured, persistent, or
unreasonable fault-finding, or picking up of the words
or actions of others.
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Caviling is the carping of argument, carping the
caviling of ill temper. --C. J. Smith.
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Captiously
(gcide) | Captiously \Cap"tious*ly\, adv.
In a captious manner.
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Captiousness
(gcide) | Captiousness \Cap"tious*ness\, n.
Captious disposition or manner.
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Captivate
(gcide) | 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 prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.]
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Their woes whom fortune captivates. --Shak.
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2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or
attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra
captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
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Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. --W.
Irving.
Syn: To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch;
facinate; capture; lead captive.
[1913 Webster]Captivate \Cap"ti*vate\, p. a. [L. captivatus.]
Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.
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Women have been captivate ere now. --Shak.
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Captivated
(gcide) | 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 prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.]
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Their woes whom fortune captivates. --Shak.
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2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or
attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra
captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
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Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. --W.
Irving.
Syn: To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch;
facinate; capture; lead captive.
[1913 Webster]captivated \captivated\ adj.
1. having an affection or admiration, caused by charm of the
person or object.
Syn: charmed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. filled with wonder and delight.
Syn: beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced.
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captivated
(gcide) | 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 prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.]
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Their woes whom fortune captivates. --Shak.
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2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or
attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra
captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
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Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. --W.
Irving.
Syn: To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch;
facinate; capture; lead captive.
[1913 Webster]captivated \captivated\ adj.
1. having an affection or admiration, caused by charm of the
person or object.
Syn: charmed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. filled with wonder and delight.
Syn: beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced.
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Captivating
(gcide) | 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 prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.]
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Their woes whom fortune captivates. --Shak.
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2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or
attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra
captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
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Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. --W.
Irving.
Syn: To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch;
facinate; capture; lead captive.
[1913 Webster]Captivating \Cap"ti*va`ting\, a.
Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as,
captivating smiles. -- Cap"ti*va`ting*ly, adv.
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Captivatingly
(gcide) | Captivating \Cap"ti*va`ting\, a.
Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as,
captivating smiles. -- Cap"ti*va`ting*ly, adv.
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Captivation
(gcide) | Captivation \Cap"ti*va`tion\, n. [L. capticatio.]
The act of captivating. [R.]
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The captivation of our understanding. --Bp. Hall.
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Captive
(gcide) | 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 the power of another.
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Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains.
--Milton.
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2. One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection;
one who is captivated.
[1913 Webster]Captive \Cap"tive\, a.
1. Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in
confinement.
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A poor, miserable, captive thrall. --Milton.
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2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
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Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart
Grossly grew captive to his honey words. --Shak.
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3. Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to
confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.
[1913 Webster]Captive \Cap"tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captived; p. pr. & vb.
n. Captiving.]
To take prisoner; to capture.
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Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived. --Burke.
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Captived
(gcide) | Captive \Cap"tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captived; p. pr. & vb.
n. Captiving.]
To take prisoner; to capture.
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Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived. --Burke.
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Captiving
(gcide) | Captive \Cap"tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captived; p. pr. & vb.
n. Captiving.]
To take prisoner; to capture.
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Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived. --Burke.
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Captivity
(gcide) | Captivity \Cap*tiv"i*ty\, n. [L. captivitas: cf. F.
captivit['e].]
1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
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More celebrated in his captivity that in his
greatest triumphs. --Dryden.
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2. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or
affections; bondage.
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Sink in the soft captivity together. --Addison.
Syn: Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection;
servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.
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Captor
(gcide) | 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.
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Capture
(gcide) | Capture \Cap"ture\, n. [L. capture, fr. caper to take: cf. F.
capture. See Caitiff, and cf. aptive.]
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1. 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.
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Even with regard to captures made at sea.
--Bluckstone.
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2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the
power of some attraction.
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3. The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize;
prey.
Syn: Seizure; apprehension; arrest; detention.
[1913 Webster]Capture \Cap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Capturing.]
1. To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or
stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
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2. to record or make a lasting representation of (sound or
images); as, to capture an event on videotape; the artist
captured the expression of grief on his face.
[PJC]
3. (Games) to take control of, or remove from play; as, to
capture a piece in chess.
[PJC]
4. to exert a strong psychological influence on; as, to
capture the heart of a maiden; to capture the attention of
the nation.
[PJC]
5. (Computers) to record (data) in a computer-readable form;
as, to capture a transaction in a database.
[PJC]
Her heart is like some fortress that has been
captured. --W. Ivring.
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Captured
(gcide) | Capture \Cap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Capturing.]
1. To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or
stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
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2. to record or make a lasting representation of (sound or
images); as, to capture an event on videotape; the artist
captured the expression of grief on his face.
[PJC]
3. (Games) to take control of, or remove from play; as, to
capture a piece in chess.
[PJC]
4. to exert a strong psychological influence on; as, to
capture the heart of a maiden; to capture the attention of
the nation.
[PJC]
5. (Computers) to record (data) in a computer-readable form;
as, to capture a transaction in a database.
[PJC]
Her heart is like some fortress that has been
captured. --W. Ivring.
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Capturing
(gcide) | Capture \Cap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Capturing.]
1. To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or
stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
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2. to record or make a lasting representation of (sound or
images); as, to capture an event on videotape; the artist
captured the expression of grief on his face.
[PJC]
3. (Games) to take control of, or remove from play; as, to
capture a piece in chess.
[PJC]
4. to exert a strong psychological influence on; as, to
capture the heart of a maiden; to capture the attention of
the nation.
[PJC]
5. (Computers) to record (data) in a computer-readable form;
as, to capture a transaction in a database.
[PJC]
Her heart is like some fortress that has been
captured. --W. Ivring.
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Decapterus macarellus
(gcide) | mackerel scad \mackerel scad\, mackerel shad \mackerel shad\n.
(Zool.)
A small silvery fish (Decapterus macarellus) found from
Nova Scotia to Brazil.
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Decapterus punctatus
(gcide) | Cigar fish \Cigar fish\, cigarfish \cigarfish\n. (Zool.)
a small fusiform fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the
mackerel, found in the West Atlantic and on the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico.
Syn: round scad, quiaquia, Decapterus punctatus.
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ethyl mercaptan
(gcide) | ethyl mercaptan \eth"yl mer*cap"tan\, (Chem.)
A gaseous substance (C2H5.SH) used as an odorant in natural
gas and propane to facilitate detection and serve as a
warning of leaks.
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Flag captain
(gcide) | Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.
vlag. See Flag to hang loose.]
1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.
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2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to
indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask
information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved
by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;
as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of
certain hawks, owls, etc.
(b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
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4. (Zool.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird;
-- called also flag feather.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Black flag. See under Black.
Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers
attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.
Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an
admiral, or commodore.
Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an
enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose
of making some communication not hostile.
Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money.
Flag station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not
stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or
waved.
National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which
some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.
Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of
danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.
To dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to
its place; -- done as a mark of respect.
To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in
some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a
white flag.
To hang the flag half-mast high or {To hang the flag
half-staff} or To hang the flag at half-staff, to raise it
only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of
mourning.
To strike the flag or To lower the flag, to haul it down,
in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of
surrender.
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also
carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious
disease is on board.
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Fleet captain
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, n. [OE. flete, fleote, AS. fle['o]t ship, fr.
fle['o]tan to float, swim. See Fleet, v. i. and cf.
Float.]
A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also,
the collective naval force of a country, etc.
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Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet,
when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Led captain
(gcide) | Led \Led\ (l[e^]d), imp. & p. p.
of Lead.
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Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant. [Obs.]
--Swift.
Led horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led
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Mercaptal
(gcide) | Mercaptal \Mer*cap"tal\, n. [Mercaptan + aldehyde.] (Chem.)
Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with
aldehydes.
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Mercaptan
(gcide) | Mercaptan \Mer*cap"tan\, n. [F., fr. NL. mercurius mercury + L.
captans, p. pr. of captare to seize, v. intens. fr. capere.]
(Chem.)
Any one of series of compounds having an -SH radical
attached to a carbon atom, also considered as hydrosulphides
of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols,
but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called
also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless
liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is
specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called
from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.
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Mercaptide
(gcide) | Mercaptide \Mer*cap"tide\ (? or ?), n. (Chem.)
A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur
hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK.
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Piscicapture
(gcide) | Piscicapture \Pis"ci*cap`ture\, n.
Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] --W. H. Russell.
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Post-captain
(gcide) | Post-captain \Post"-cap`tain\, n.
A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was
"posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as
distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted.
The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such
commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either
service, and the term has fallen into disuse.
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Recaption
(gcide) | Recaption \Re*cap"tion\ (r[-e]*k[a^]p"sh[u^]n), n. (Law)
The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest;
reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or
children, without force or violence, from one who has taken
them and who wrongfully detains them. --Blackstone.
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Writ of recaption (Law), a writ to recover damages for him
whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are
distrained again for the same cause. --Wharton.
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Recaptor
(gcide) | Recaptor \Re*cap"tor\ (r[-e]*k[a^]p"t[~e]r), n.
One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been
previously taken.
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Recapture
(gcide) | Recapture \Re*cap"ture\ (r[-e]*k[a^]p"t[-u]r; 135), n.
1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially,
the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
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2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
[1913 Webster]Recapture \Re*cap"ture\, v. t.
To capture again; to retake.
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Sea captain
(gcide) | Sea captain \Sea" cap"tain\
The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
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To lead captive
(gcide) | Lead \Lead\ (l[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Led (l[e^]d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Leading.] [OE. leden, AS. l[=ae]dan (akin to OS.
l[=e]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][eth]a, Sw.
leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[eth]an to
go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][eth]a, Goth.
lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. Lode, Loath.]
1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some
physical contact or connection; as, a father leads a
child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a
blind man.
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If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
the ditch. --Wyclif
(Matt. xv.
14.)
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They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
the brow of the hill. --Luke iv. 29.
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In thy right hand lead with thee
The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. --Milton.
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2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
place or end, by making the way known; to show the way,
esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence,
figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to
lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
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The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
cloud, to lead them the way. --Ex. xiii.
21.
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He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
2.
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This thought might lead me through the world's vain
mask.
Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
--Milton.
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3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or
charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a
search; to lead a political party.
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Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he
might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or
possess places. --South.
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4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be
foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet
of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads
the orators of all ages.
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As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax.
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And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh
Hunt.
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5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to
prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead
one to espouse a righteous cause.
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He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
actions. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers
lusts. --2 Tim. iii.
6 (Rev. Ver.).
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6. To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a
certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to
follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to
cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
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That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1
Tim. ii. 2.
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Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson.
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You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife
and daughter. --Dickens.
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7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with;
as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
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To lead astray, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to
seduce from truth or rectitude.
To lead captive, to carry or bring into captivity.
To lead the way, to show the way by going in front; to act
as guide. --Goldsmith.
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Uncaptious
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Usucaption
(gcide) | Usucaption \U`su*cap"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. usucapere,
usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use)
+ capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law)
The acquisition of the title or right to property by the
uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed
by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.
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Writ of recaption
(gcide) | Recaption \Re*cap"tion\ (r[-e]*k[a^]p"sh[u^]n), n. (Law)
The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest;
reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or
children, without force or violence, from one who has taken
them and who wrongfully detains them. --Blackstone.
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Writ of recaption (Law), a writ to recover damages for him
whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are
distrained again for the same cause. --Wharton.
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AVERIIS CAPTIS IN WITHERNAM
(bouvier) | AVERIIS CAPTIS IN WITHERNAM, Eng. law. The name of a writ which lies in
favor of a man whose cattle have been unlawfully taken by another, and
driven out of the county where they were taken, so that they cannot be
replevied.
2. This writ issues against the wrong doer to take his cattle to the
plaintiff's use. Reg. of Writs, 82.
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CAPTAIN
(bouvier) | CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN, mar. law. The name given to the master or commander
of a vessel. He is known in this country very generally by the name of
master. (q.v.) He is also frequently denominated patron in foreign laws and
books.
2. The captains in the navy of the United States, are officers
appointed by government. Those who are employed in the mercantile service,
have not strictly an official character. They are appointed or employed by
the owners on the vessels they command.
3. It is proposed to consider the duty of the latter. Towards the
owner of the vessel he is bound by his personal attention and care, to take
all the necessary precautions for her safety; to, proceed on the voyage in
which such vessel may be engaged, and to obey faithfully his instructions;
and by all means in his power to promote the interest of his owner. But he
is not required to violate good faith, nor employ fraud even with an enemy.
3 Cranch, 242.
4. Towards others, it is the policy of the law to hold him responsible
for all losses or damages that may happen to the goods committed to his
charge; whether they arise from negligence, ignorance, or willful misconduct
of himself or his mariners, or any other person on board the ship. As soon,
therefore, as goods are put on board, they are in the master's charge, and
he is bound to deliver them again in the same state in which they were
shipped, and he is answerable for all losses or damages they may sustain,
unless it proceed from an inherent defect in the article, or from some
accident or misfortune which could not be prevented.
5. It may be laid down as a general rule, that the captain is
responsible when any loss occurs in consequence of his doing what he ought
not to do, unless he was forced by the act of God,. the enemies of the
United States, or the perils of the sea.1 Marsh. Ins. 241; Pard. n. 658.
6. The rights of the captain are, to choose his crew as he is
responsible for their acts, this seems but just, but a reasonable deference
to the rights of the owner require that he should be consulted, as he, as
well as the captain, is responsible for the acts of the crew. On board, the
captain is invested with almost arbitrary power over the crew, being
responsible for the abuse of his authority. Ab. on Shipp. 162. He may repair
the ship, and, if he is not in funds to pay the expenses of such repairs, he
may borrow money, when abroad, on the credit of his owners or of the ship.
Abb. on Sh. 127-8. In such cases, although contracting within the ordinary
scope of his powers and duties, he is generally responsible as well as the
owner. This is the established rule of the maritime law, introduced in favor
of commerce it has been recognized and adopted by the commercial nations of,
Europe, and is derived from the civil or Roman law. Abbott, Ship. 90; Story,
Ag. Sec. 116 to 123, Sec. 294; Paley, Ag. by Lloyd, 244; 1 Liverm. Ag. 70;
Poth. Ob. n. 82; Ersk. Inst. 3, 3, 43; Dig. 4, 9, 1; Poth. Pand. lib. 14,
tit. 1; 3 Summ. R. 228. See Bell's Com. 505, 6th ed; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
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CAPTATION
(bouvier) | CAPTATION, French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will
of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally taken in a bad
sense.
2. Captation takes place by those demonstrations of attachment and
friendship, by those assiduous attentions, by those services and officious
little presents which are usual among friends, and by all those means which
ordinarily render us agreeable to others. When those attentions are
unattended by deceit or fraud, they are perfectly fair, and the captation is
lawful; but if, under the mask of friendship, fraud is the object, and means
are used to deceive the person with whom you are connected, then the
captation is fraudulent, and the acts procured by the captator are void. See
Influence.
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CAPTATOR
(bouvier) | CAPTATOR, French law. The name which is sometimes given, to him who by
flattery and artifice endeavors to surprise testators, and induce them to.
give legacies or devices, or to make him some other gift. Diet. de Jur.
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CAPTION
(bouvier) | CAPTION, practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a 'Commission,
indictment, &c., which shows where, when, and by what authority it was
taken, found or executed. As to the forms and requisites of captions, see 1
Murph. 281; 8 Yerg. 514; 4 Iredell, 113; 6 Miss,. 469; 1 Scam. 456; 5 How.
Mis. 20; 6 Blackf. 299; 1 Hawks, 354; 1 Brev. 169.
2. In the English practice, when an inferior court in obedience to the
writ of certiorari, returns an indictment into the K. B., it is annexed to
the caption, then called a schedule, and the caption concludes with stating,
that "it is presented in manner and form as appears in a certain indictment
thereto annexed," and the caption and indictment are returned on separate
parchments. 1 Saund. 309, n. 2. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
3. Caption is another name for arrest. CAPTIVE. By this term is
understood one who has been taken; it is usually applied to prisoners of
war. (q.v.) Although he has lost his liberty, a captive does not by his
captivity lose his civil rights.
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CAPTOR
(bouvier) | CAPTOR, war. One who has taken property from an enemy; this term is also
employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
2. Formerly, goods taken in war were adjudged to belong to the captor;
they are now considered to vest primarily, in the state or sovereign, and
belong to the individual captors only to the extent that the municipal laws
provide.
3. Captors are responsible to the owners of the property for all losses
and damages, when the capture is tortious and without reasonable cause in
the exercise of belligerent rights. But if the capture is originally
justifiable, the captors will not be responsible, unless by subsequent
misconduct they become trespassers ab initio. i Rob. R. 93, 96. See 2 Gall.
374; 1 Gall. 274; 1 Pet. Adm. Dee. 116; 1 Mason, R. 14.
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CAPTURE
(bouvier) | CAPTURE, war. The taking of property by one belligerent from another.
2. To make a good capture of a ship, it must be subdued and taken by an
enemy in open war, or by way of reprisals, or by a pirate, and with intent
to deprive the owner of it.
3. Capture may be with intent to possess both ship and cargo, or only
to seize the goods of the enemy, or contraband goods which are on board: The
former is the capture of the ship in the proper sense of the word; the
latter is only an arrest and detention, without any design to deprive the
owner of it. Capture is deemed lawful, when made by a declared enemy,
lawfully commissioned and according to the laws of war; and unlawful, when
it is against the rules established by the law of nations. Marsh. Ins. B. 1,
c. 12, s. 4.See, generally, Lee on Captures, passim; 1 Chitty's Com. Law,
377 to 512; 2 Woddes. 435 to 457; 2 Caines' C. Err 158; 7 Johns. R. 449; 3
Caines' R. 155; 11 Johns. R. 241; 13 Johns. R.161; 14 Johns. R. 227; 3
Wheat. 183; 4 Cranch, 436 Mass. 197; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
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HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM
(bouvier) | HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM, Engl. law.. The name of a writ directed to the
sheriff, and commanding him to take one who has taken any bondsman, and
conveyed him out of the country, so that he cannot be replevied. Vide
Withernam; Thesaurus, Brev. 63.
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MANUCAPTIO
(bouvier) | MANUCAPTIO, practice. In the English law it is a writ which lies for a man
taken on suspicion of felony and the like, who cannot be admitted to bail by
the sheriff, or others having power to let to mainprise. F. N. B. 249.
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MANUCAPTORS
(bouvier) | MANUCAPTORS. The same as mainpernors. (q.v.)
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RECAPTION
(bouvier) | RECAPTION, remedies. The act of a person who has been deprived of the
custody of another to which he is legally entitled, by which he regains the
peaceable custody of such person; or of the owner of personal or real
property who has been deprived of his possession, by which he retakes
possession, peaceably. In each of these cases the law allows the recaption
of the person or of the property, provided he can do so without occasioning
a breach of the peace, or an injury to a third person who has not been a
party to the wrong. 3 Inst. 134; 2 Rolle, Rep. 55, 6; Id. 208; 2 Rolle, Abr.
565; 3 Bl. Comm. 5; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2440, et seq.
2. Recaption may be made of a person, of personal property, of real
property; each of these will be separately examined.
3.-1. The right of recaption of a person is confined to a husband in
re-taking his wife; a parent, his child, of whom he has the custody; a
master, his apprentice and, according to Blackstone, a master, his servant;
but this must be limited to a servant who assents to the recaption; in these
cases, the party injured may peaceably enter the house of the wrongdoer,
without a demand being first made, the outer door being open, and take and
carry away the person wrongfully detained. He may also enter peaceably into
the house of a person harboring, who was not concerned in the original
abduction. 8 Bing. R. 186; S. C. 21 Eng. C. L. Rep. 265.
4.-2. The same principles extend to the right of recaption of personal
property. In this sort of recaption, too much care cannot be observed to
avoid any personal injury or breach of the peace.
5.-3. In the recaption of real estate the owner may, in the absence of
the occupier, break open the outer door of a house and take possession; but
if, in regaining his possession, the party be guilty of a forcible entry and
breach of the peace, he may be indicted; but the wrongdoer or person who had
no right to the possession, cannot sustain any action for such forcible
regaining possession merely. 1 Chit. Pr. 646.
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RECAPTURE
(bouvier) | RECAPTURE, war. By this term is understood the recovery from the enemy, by a
friendly force, of a prize by him captured. It differs from rescue. (q.v.)
2. It seems incumbent on follow citizens, and it is of course equally
the duty of allies, to rescue each other from the enemy when there is a
reasonable prospect of success. 3 Rob. Rep. 224.
3. The recaptors are not entitled to the property captured, as if it
were a new prize; the owner is entitled to it by the right of postliminium.
(q.v.) Dall. Dict. mots Prises maritimes, art. 2, Sec. 4.
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USUCAPTION
(bouvier) | USUCAPTION, civil law. The manner of acquiring property in things by the
lapse of time required by law.
2. It differs from prescription, which has the same sense, and means,
in addition, the manner of acquiring and losing, by the effect of time
regulated by law, all sorts of rights and actions. Merl. Repert. mot
Prescription, tom. xii. page 671; Ayl. Pand. 320; Wood's Inst. Civ. Law,
165; Lecons Elem. du Dr. Rom. Sec. 437; 1 Browne's Civ. Law, 264, n.;
vattel, ii. 2, c. 2, Sec. 140.
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