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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caption \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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caption n 1: translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn: {subtitle}] 2: brief description accompanying an illustration [syn: {legend}] v : provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
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