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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caput \Ca"put\ (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl {Capita} (k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. 2. The top or superior part of a thing 3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb. {Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence worthless residue.
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