Definition of Captans

1. captan [n] - See also: captan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Captans

captaincy
captaine
captained
captaining
captainless
captainlike
captainly
captainries
captainry
captains
captains general
captains of industry
captainship
captainships
captan
captans (current term)
captation
captations
captative
captayne
captayneship
caption
captioned
captioner
captioners
captioning
captionless
captions
captious
captiously

Literary usage of Captans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Chemical Pharmacology: Pharmacodynamics in Relation to by Hugh McGuigan (1921)
"... is replaceable only with Na, or K, the mercap- tans react also with heavy metals. The name comes from their reaction with mercury (mercurium captans) ..."

2. The History of the Kirk of Scotland by David Calderwood (1842)
"Therefore, they willed them to certifie the captans, if by foolish ... But the captans, looking for no ... Then the captans required assurance till the ..."

3. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1906)
"... be the commissioners nominal be the saids Lords to be captans for ... verie requisit that the saids captans have all due aid and assistance in these ..."

4. Scot. Text S. by Scottish Text Society (1899)
"... thame and also he saw the tuo captans ... captans and maid mirrie that ... or his captans : [had conquest] in the ..."

5. The Historie and Cronicles of Scotland: From the Slauchter of King James the by Robert Lindsay (1899)
"... captans and maid mirrie that night till on the morne he ... that all the lordis of Scotland that king Harie or his captans 1 [had conquest] in the ..."

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