caption

[cap·tion]

A caption is a brief description accompanying an illustration. You know the online photo of your baby cousin face planting into a cake? The description underneath it that says "Hugh's First Birthday" that's the caption.

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A caviling; a sophism.

Noun
brief description accompanying an illustration

Noun
translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

Noun
taking exception; especially an quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"

Verb
provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing


n.
A caviling; a sophism.

n.
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.

n.
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.

n.
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.


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.
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 taken, found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton. 4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]

A caviling; a sophism.

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