Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Capture \Cap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Captured}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Capturing}.]
   To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or
   stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.

         Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured.
                                                  --W. Ivring.