captured

cap·ture  (kpchr)

tr.v. cap·tured, cap·tur·ing, cap·tures

1. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.

2. To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.

3. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.

4. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.

n.

1. The act of catching, taking, or winning, as by force or skill.

2. One that has been seized, caught, or won; a catch or prize.

3. Physics The phenomenon in which an atom or a nucleus absorbs a subatomic particle, often with the subsequent emission of radiation.

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[From French, capture, from Old French, from Latin captra, a catching of animals, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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See: missing.