captare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to skillfully obtain or capture
  2. (transitive) to pick up, receive (a radio, TV, telegraphic, etc. transmission)
  3. (transitive) to read (someone's mind or intentions); to intuit

Frequency

41k
Hyphenated as
cap‧tà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kapˈta.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre.

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