CAP (2)

cap (2). Cap, v.t. to cover the top or head, puzzle

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Cap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capped (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Capping.] 1. 1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. Derham. 2. 2. To deprive of cap. Spenser.
3. 3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
4. 4. To salute by removing the cap.
Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. Thackeray. 5. 5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. Shak.
Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. Dryden. ☞ In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.