Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caption"
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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caption
n 1: translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program;
usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn: {subtitle}]
2: brief description accompanying an illustration [syn: {legend}]
v : provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
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