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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPTION, n.
1. The act of taking, or apprehending by a judicial process.
2. A certificate signed by commissioners in Chancery, declaring when and where the commission was executed.
3. A preamble.
4. In Scots law, a writ issued at the instance of a creditor, commanding an officer to take and imprison the debtor, till he pays the debt.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
2: translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn: subtitle, caption]
3: brief description accompanying an illustration [syn: caption, legend] v
1: provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably short for certificate of caption (taking, seizure) Date: circa 1670 1. the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed 2. a. the heading especially of an article or document ; title b. the explanatory comment or designation accompanying a pictorial illustration c. a motion-picture subtitle • captionless adjective II. transitive verb (captioned; captioning) Date: 1848 to furnish with a caption

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a title or brief explanation appended to an illustration, cartoon, etc. 2 wording appearing on a cinema or television screen as part of a film or broadcast. 3 the heading of a chapter or article etc. 4 Law a certificate attached to or written on a document. --v.tr. provide with a caption. Etymology: ME f. L captio f. capere capt- take

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(captions) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A caption is the words printed underneath a picture or cartoon which explain what it is about. On the back of the photo is written the simple caption, 'Mrs. Monroe'. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

banner, banner head, drop head, dropline, epigraph, hanger, head, head up, heading, headline, jump head, legend, motto, overline, rubric, running head, running title, scarehead, screamer, spread, spreadhead, streamer, subhead, subheading, subtitle, superscription, title, title page, underline