Definition of: caption

(kap′shən) noun
1. The title or introductory part of a legal document, showing time, place, circumstances, authority, etc., or a notary's affidavit, endorsed or affixed.
2. A heading of a chapter, section, document, etc.
3. The title of an illustration.
4. The subtitle in a motion picture.
5. Obs. Any seizure or capture.
—v.t. To provide a caption for. [<L captio, -onis seizure, deception, sophism <capere take; in senses 1–4 infl. in meaning by L caput head]