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Check :: Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..

Piscicapture :: Piscicapture (n.) Capture of fishes, as by angling..

Capture :: Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom..

Net :: Net (v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.

Land :: Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish..

Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..

Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

Sea Serpent :: Sea serpent () A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured..

Prize :: Prize (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power..

Ant-lion :: Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius..

Recapture :: Recapture (v. t.) To capture again; to retake.

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.

Force :: Force (n.) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress..

Retake :: Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners..

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