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capture

/ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/
noun
  1. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

  2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

    "the capture of a lover's heart"

  3. Something that has been captured; a captive.

verb
  1. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

    "to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal"

  2. To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.

    "She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs."

  3. To reproduce convincingly.

    "His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work."

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