capture (kaptur)

t.; pret. and pp. captured, ppr. capturing. [ The absorption of animal matter from captured insects explains how Drosera can flourish in extremely poor peaty Darwin, Insectiv. Plants, p. 17. soil. 2. To win by ingenuity or skill against resistance or competition: as, to capture a prize for marksmanship. Capuan (kap'u-an), a. and n. [ To the enervating contagion of Capuan effeminacy historians have always attributed the want of succe which subsequently attended the Cart hag in i an commander in his Italian campaigns. Encyc. Brit., V. 79. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Capua. 812