Definition of Captaining

1. Verb. (present participle of captain) ¹

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Definition of Captaining

1. captain [v] - See also: captain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Captaining

capsulorhexis
capsulorrhaphy
capsulotome
capsulotomy
capsulæ
captafol
captain
captain's chair
captain's servant
captain general
captain of industry
captaincies
captaincy
captaine
captained
captaining
captainless
captainlike
captainly
captainries
captainry
captains
captains general
captains of industry
captainship
captainships
captan
captans
captation
captations

Literary usage of Captaining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Polo by T. B. Drybrough (1898)
"3 —Captaining a Team. TURNING now to the special duties of individual players, I shall begin with the Back ; partly because consideration of his play leads ..."

2. Polo by T. B. Drybrough (1898)
"3 —Captaining a Team. TURNING now to the special duties of individual players, I shall begin with the Back ; partly because consideration of his play leads ..."

3. The Life, Trial, and Death of Francisco Ferrer by William Archer (1911)
"That means that we already have a tangible act of leadership (jefatura): the captaining of a group, and appearing as the commander, superior, or the head of ..."

4. The Heart of the Country: A Survey of a Modern Land by Ford Madox Ford (1906)
"It was a leisure creation of Mr. TW Ln, whose real work is "captaining the fight against the S Trust, the greatest combination of capital the world has seen ..."

5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1897)
"John Lee of Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn., and His Descendants ; Captaining over 4000 Names. 2634-1897. Second Edition. First Edition by Sarah Marsh Lee ..."

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