capture
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Synonyms: rapture
Antonyms: rapture
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Noun
- An act of capturing; a seizing by force or [[stratagem]].
- The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
- Something that has been captured; a [[captive]].
- The recording or storage of something for later playback.
- {{lb|en|computing|regular expressions}} A particular [[match]] found for a [[pattern]] in a [[text]] [[string]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To take [[control]] of; to seize by force or stratagem.
- {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To take hold of.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To reproduce convincingly.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., [[chess]], [[go]], [[checkers]]).
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