Meaning

noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

noun a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

noun any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

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

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