Verb

1. To take control of.
2. To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation
   • She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
   • 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.
   • In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.
4. To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers.)

   My pawn was captured.

   He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.

Quotations

• 1954, Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess, page 63, Hanover House (Garden City, NY)

  How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.

See also

• take
• arrest
• apprehend
• take over
• snapshot