Definition of Captions

1. Noun. (plural of caption) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Captions

1. caption [v] - See also: caption

Lexicographical Neighbors of Captions

captainship
captainships
captan
captans
captation
captations
captative
captayne
captayneship
caption
captioned
captioner
captioners
captioning
captionless
captions (current term)
captious
captiously
captiousness
captiousnesses
captivate
captivated
captivates
captivating
captivatingly
captivation
captivations
captivator
captivators
captive

Literary usage of Captions

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

1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"Sophistical captions are oftener faulty in the matter than in the form of syllogisms. 1. MEN are subject to err not only in affirming and Erring &. fai- ..."

2. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney, Charles Rockwell Lanman (1904)
"In a few cases these captions were lacking, and have been supplied by me from ... These captions are given in tabular form near the end of the work : see ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1882)
"The arrangement as to bibliography, captions, paragraphs, etc., in this volume are essentially the same as in the original work. JHH kirr. XXXIV. ..."

4. Tapestries, Their Origin, History and Renaissance by George Leland Hunter (1912)
"CHAPTER X TAPESTRY SIGNATURES AND MAKERS Tapestry captions. Tapestry Borders. Tapestry Shapes and Sizes and Measurements THE majority of Gothic tapestries ..."

5. Tapestries, Their Origin, History and Renaissance by George Leland Hunter (1912)
"CHAPTER X TAPESTRY SIGNATURES AND MAKERS Tapestry captions. Tapestry Borders. Tapestry Shapes and Sizes and Measurements THE majority of Gothic tapestries ..."

6. Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts by Thomas Lechford, James Hammond Trumbull (1885)
"... by John Newgate and Anne his wife, indorsed <fe the captions filled by me, before the Governor & Deputy, 25. 5. 1639,— and for my attendance therein. ..."

7. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"Besides his quaint drawings with original captions in verse, his work includes : Topsy Turvey Books (3 vols., 1893, 1894 and 1902), and illustrations for ..."

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