Middle English Dictionary Entry
capciǒun n.
Entry Info
Forms | capciǒun n. |
Etymology | OF capcion |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Capture, seizure.
Associated quotations
- [ (1314-5) RParl.1.298b : Nostre Seigneur le Roy granta son brief de capcion, par quoi plusurs de Covent..sont pris & enprisonetz. ]
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)2 Pet.2.12 : Thes sotheli, as vnresounable beestes, kyndeli in to capcioun [L in captionem; WB(2): in to takyng]..shulen perische.