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English Dictionary: caption	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for caption
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caption n taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply" translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen Synonym(s): subtitle, caption brief description accompanying an illustration Synonym(s): caption, legend v provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caption \Cap"tion\, n. [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head. See {Capacious}.] 1. A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.] This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. --Bacon. 2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] --Bouvier. 3. (Law) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed. --Bouvier. --Wharton. 4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]