Part 1628

<hw>Cap*ta`tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>captatio</ets>, fr. <ets>captare</ets> to catch, intens of <ets>caper</ets> to take: cf. F. <ets>captation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Without any of those dresses, or popular <b>captations</b>, which some men use in their speeches. <i>Eikon Basilike.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Caption</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>captio</ets>, fr. <ets>caper</ets> to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. <ets>caput</ets> a head. See <er>Capacious</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A caviling; a sophism.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This doctrine is for <b>caption</b> and contradiction. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken, found, or executed.</def>

<i>Bouvier. Wharton.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The heading of a chapter, section, or page.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Captious</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>captieux</ets>, L. <ets>captiosus</ets>. See <er>Caption</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Art to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>captius</b> and suspicious. <i>Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to adbide the test of a <b>captious</b> controversy. <i>Bwike.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.</def>

<blockquote><b>Captious</b> restraints on navigation. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Caviling, carping, fault-finding; censorious; hypercritical; peevish, fretful; perverse; troublesome.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Captious</er>, <er>caviling</er>, <er>Carping</er>. A <i>captious</i> person is one who has a fault-finding habit or manner, or is disposed to catch at faults, errors, etc., with quarrelsome intent; a <i>caviling</i> person is disposed to raise objections on frivolous grounds; <i>carping</i> implies that one is given to ill-natured, persistent, or unreasonable fault-finding, or picking up of the words or actions of others.</usage>

<blockquote><b>Caviling</b> is the <b>carping</b> of argument, <b>carping</b> the <b>caviling</b> of ill temper. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Captiously</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"tious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a captious manner.</def>

<h1>Captiousness</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"tious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Captious disposition or manner.</def>

<h1>Captivate</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"ti*vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Captivated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Captivating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>captivatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>captivare</ets> to capture, fr. <ets>captivus</ets> captive. See <er>Captive</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Their woes whom fortune <b>captivates</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; <as>as, Cleopatra <ex>captivated</ex> Antony; the orator <ex>captivated</ex> all hearts.</as></def>

<blockquote>Small landscapes of <b>captivating</b> loveliness. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch; facinate; capture; lead captive.</syn>