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

Eikon Basilike.

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.]

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.]

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.

A captious and suspicious age.

Stillingfleet.

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


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