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CAPTIOUS, a.

1. Disposed to find fault, or raise objections; apt to cavil, as in popular language, it is said, apt to catch at; as a captious man.

2. Fitted to catch or ensnare; insidious; as a captious question.

3. Proceeding from a caviling disposition; as a captious objection or criticism.

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