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

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

Cap"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Captured (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. 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.

||Ca*puc"cio (?), n. [It.
cappucio. See Capoch.] A capoch or hood.
[Obs.] Spenser.

Ca*puched" (?), a. [See
Capoch.] Cover with, or as with, a hood. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Cap`u*chin" (?), n. [F.
capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. 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.

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