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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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ca·pi·as  audio  (kp-s) KEY 

NOUN:
Law
A warrant for arrest.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Medieval Latin capis, from Latin, second person sing. present subjunctive of capere, to seize (from the first word of the writ); see kap- in Indo-European roots


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