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

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

Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..

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

Captured :: Captured (imp. & p. p.) of Captur.

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..

Reprise :: Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

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

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..

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..

Maiden :: Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated..

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

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

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

Recaptor :: Recaptor (n.) One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.

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

Recapture :: Recapture (n.) That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

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..

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