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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cap \Cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Capping}.]
1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a
cap or cover; to cover the top or end of to place a cap
upon the proper part of as to cap a post to cap a gun.
The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth
cartilaginous substance. --Derham.
2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or
consummation; as to cap the climax of absurdity.
4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.]
Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of
bows. --Thackeray.
5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to
as to cap text; to cap proverbs. --Shak.
Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him
to the end of the chapter. --Dryden.
Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must
cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of
the first letter, or with the first letter of the last
word or ending with a rhyming word or by applying any
other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
capped
adj 1: used especially of front teeth having artificial crowns;
"capped teeth gave her a beautiful smile"
2: covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified
kind "cloud-capped mountains"; "snow-capped peaks"
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