To take someone or something by force, or to successfully record or show something like an image, sound, or feeling.
It comes from Latin 'captura', from 'capere', meaning 'to take or seize'. The meaning expanded from military and physical taking to include recording photos, videos, and ideas.
When you 'capture' a photo, the word treats light and moments like enemies you’ve grabbed and locked up. Every snapshot is a tiny prisoner of time that can’t escape the frame.
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