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Rhymes with -æpʃə(ɹ), -æptʃə(ɹ)

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

countable, uncountable An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem. even with regard to captures made at sea
countable, uncountable The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction. the capture of a lover’s heart
countable, uncountable Something that has been captured; a captive.
countable, uncountable The recording or storage of something for later playback. video capture
countable, uncountable A particular match found for a pattern in a text string. After the match […], the text matched within the named capture is available via the Match object's Groups(name) property.

transitive To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal
figuratively, transitive To take hold of. The paintings in the gallery really captured my imagination.
transitive To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation. She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
transitive To reproduce convincingly. His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
transitive To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers). My pawn was captured.