capture#1 (v)

v02304241

type v
lex_filenum 40
def bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
examples This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons
The star captured a comet
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
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Hypernym change, alter, modify
Derivationally related form capture → capture
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Derivationally related form capture → capture
Hyponym change, alter, modify

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