(n.) Of or pertaining to the head.
(n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the
head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital
trials; capital punishment.
(n.) First in importance; chief; principal.
(n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the
general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are
capital cities.
(n.) Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or
song.
(n.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc.
It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and
necking. See these terms, and Column.
(n.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a
country; a metropolis.
(n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures,
etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or
interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
(a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be
directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in
production.
(a.) Anything which can be used to increase one's power or
influence.
(a.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other
work, into two equal parts.
(a.) A chapter, or section, of a book.
(a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a.
