Captain Cap"tain transitive verb To act as captain of; to lead. [ R.]

Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms.
Lowell.

Captain Cap"tain adjective Chief; superior. [ R.]

captain jewes in the carcanet.
Shak.

Captaincy Cap"tain·cy noun ; plural Captaincies The rank, post, or commission of a captain. Washington.

Captaincy general , the office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).

Captainry Cap"tain·ry noun [ Confer French capitainerie .] Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [ Obsolete]

Captainship Cap"tain·ship noun 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 noun [ Latin captatio , from captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: confer French captation .] A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [ Obsolete]

Without any of those dresses, or popular captations , which some men use in their speeches.
Eikon Basilike.

Caption Cap"tion noun [ Latin captio , from caper to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with Latin caput a head. See Capacious .] 1. A caviling; a sophism. [ Obsolete]

This doctrine is for caption and contradiction.
Bacon.

2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [ R.] Bouvier.

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.

4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [ U. S.]

Captious Cap"tious adjective [ French captieux , Latin 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 suspicious age.
Stillingfleet.

I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to abide the test of a captious controversy.
Bwike.

2. Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

Captious restraints on navigation.
Bancroft.

Syn. -- Caviling, carping, fault-finding; censorious; hypercritical; peevish, fretful; perverse; troublesome. -- 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.

Caviling is the carping of argument, carping the caviling of ill temper.
C. J. Smith.

Captiously Cap"tious·ly adverb In a captious manner.

Captiousness Cap"tious·ness noun Captious disposition or manner.

Captivate Cap"ti·vate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Captivated ; present participle & verbal noun Captivating .] [ Latin captivatus , past participle of captivare to capture, from captivus captive. See Captive .] 1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [ Obsolete]

Their woes whom fortune captivates .
Shak.

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.

Small landscapes of captivating loveliness.
W. Irving.

Syn. -- To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch; facinate; capture; lead captive.

Captivate Cap"ti·vate p. adjective [ Latin captivatus .] Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.

Women have been captivate ere now.
Shak.

Captivating Cap"ti·va`ting adjective Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"ti*va`ting*ly , adverb

Captivation Cap"ti·va`tion noun [ Latin capticatio .] The act of captivating. [ R.]

The captivation of our understanding.
Bp. Hall.

Captive Cap"tive noun [ Latin captivus , from capere to take: confer French 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.

Then, when I am thy captive , talk of chains.
Milton.

2. One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

Captive Cap"tive adjective 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 short a space, my wonan's heart
Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
Shak.

3. Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.

Captive Cap"tive transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Captived ; present participle & verbal noun Captiving .] To take prisoner; to capture.

Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived .
Burke.

Captivity Cap·tiv"i·ty noun [ Latin captivitas : confer French captivité .] 1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs.
Dryden.

2. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.

Sink in the soft captivity together.
Addison.

Syn. -- Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection; servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.

Captor Cap"tor noun [ Latin , a cather (of animals), from caper to take.] One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

Capture Cap"ture noun [ Latin capture , from caper to take: confer French capture . See Caitiff , and confer aptive .]

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.

Even with regard to captures made at sea.
Bluckstone.

2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

3. The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.

Syn. -- Seizure; apprehension; arrest; detention.

Capture Cap"ture transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Captured ; present participle & verbal noun Capturing .] To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.

Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured .
W. Ivring.

Capuccio Ca·puc"cio noun [ Italian cappucio . See Capoch .] A capoch or hood. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Capuched Ca·puched" adjective [ See Capoch .] Cover with, or as with, a hood. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Capuchin Cap`u·chin" noun [ French capucin a monk who wears a cowl, from Italian cappuccio hood. See Capoch .]

1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.

A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin .
Sir W. Scott.

2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

3. (Zoology) (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ( Cabus capucinus ), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey , weeper , sajou , sapajou , and sai . (b) Other species of Cabus , as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine .), C. albifrons (the cararara ), and C. apella . (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

Capuchin nun , one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.

Capucine Cap"u·cine noun See Capuchin , 3.

Capulet Cap"u·let noun (Far.) Same as Capellet .

Capulin Cap"u·lin (-lĭn) noun [ Spanish capuli .] The Mexican cherry ( Prunus Capollin ).

Caput Ca"put (kā"pŭt) noun ; plural Capita (kăp"ĭ*tȧ). [ Latin , the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

2. The top or superior part of a thing.

3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Your caputs and heads of colleges.
Lamb.

Caput mortuum [ Latin , dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.

Capybara Ca`py·ba"ra noun [ Spanish capibara , from the native name.] (Zoology) A large South American rodent ( Hydrochærus capybara ) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog .

Car Car noun [ Old French car , char , French cahr , from Latin carrus , Wagon: a Celtic word; confer W. car , Armor. karr , Ir. & Gael. carr . confer Chariot .] 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [ U. S.]

» In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage ; a freight car a goods wagon ; a platform car a goods truck ; a baggage car a van . But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars ; as, tram car . Pullman car . See Train .

3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [ Poetic].

The gilded car of day.
Milton.

The towering car , the sable steeds.
Tennyson.

4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car .
Dryden.

5. The cage of a lift or elevator.

6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [ U. S.]

Car coupling , or Car coupler , a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [ U. S.] -- Dummy car (Railroad) , a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. -- Freight car (Railrood) , a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [ U. S.] -- Hand car (Railroad) , a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [ U. S.] -- Horse car , or Street car , an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [ U. S.] -- Palace car , Drawing-room car , Sleeping car , Parlor car , etc. (Railroad) , cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.

Car mile Car mile (Railroads) A mile traveled by a single car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.

Car mileage Car mileage (Railroads) (a) Car miles collectively. (b) The amount paid by one road the use of cars of another road.

Car wheel Car" wheel` A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.

Carabao Ca`ra·ba"o noun [ Native name.] (Zoology) The water buffalo. [ Phil. Islands]

Carabid Car"a·bid adjective (Zoology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family Carabidæ . -- noun One of the Carabidæ , a family of active insectivorous beetles.

Carabine Car"a·bine noun (Mil.) A carbine.

Carabineer Car`a·bi·neer" noun A carbineer.

Caraboid Car"a·boid adjective [ Carabus + -oid .] (Zoology) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus .

Carabus Car"a·bus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a horned beetle.] (Zoology) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.

Carac Car"ac noun See Carack .

Caracal Car"a·cal noun [ French caracal , from Turk garahgootag ; garah black + goofag ear.] (Zoology) A lynx ( Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.

Caracara Ca`ra·ca"ra (kä`rȧkä"rȧ) noun (Zoology) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards .

» The black caracara is Ibycter ater ; the chimango is Milvago chimango ; the Brazilian is Polyborus Braziliensis .

Carack Car"ack noun [ French caraque (cf. Spanish & Portuguese carraca , Italian caracca .), Late Latin carraca , from Latin carrus wagon; or perhaps from Arabic qorqūr (pl. qarāqir ) a carack.] (Nautical) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [ Spelt also carrack .]

The bigger whale like some huge carrack lay.
Waller.

Caracole Car"a·cole noun [ French caracole , caracol , from Spanish caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]

1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

2. (Architecture) A staircase in a spiral form.