Captionless
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
a heading or title, as of a chapter, article, or page.
Movies, Television. the title of a scene, the text of a speech, etc., superimposed on the film and projected onto the screen.
Law. the heading of a legal document stating the time, place, etc., of execution or performance.
to supply a caption or captions for; entitle:
to caption a photograph.
Historical Examples
Captions added to captionless illustrations and some illustrations were relocated to correspond to their references in the text.
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, December 1899 Various
noun
a title, brief explanation, or comment accompanying an illustration; legend
a heading, title, or headline of a chapter, article, etc
graphic material, usually containing lettering, used in television presentation
another name for subtitle (sense 2)
the formal heading of a legal document stating when, where, and on what authority it was taken or made
verb
to provide with a caption or captions
n.
late 14c., “taking, seizure,” from Old French capcion “arrest, capture, imprisonment,” or directly from Latin captionem (nominative capito) “a catching, seizing, holding, taking,” noun of action from past participle stem of capere “to take” (see capable).
From 17c. used especially in law, and there via its appearance at the head of legal document involving seizure (“Certificate of caption”, etc.), the word’s sense was extended to “the beginning of any document;” thus “heading of a chapter or section of an article” (1789), and, especially in U.S., “description or title below an illustration” (1919).
v.
by 1901, from caption (n.). Related: Captioned; captioning.
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