caped
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3.9
- adjective
- /keɪpt/
- But the caped crusader doesn't have an answer.
- the caped crusader
- a caped figure
- a caped man
Examples
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Talanne's caped figure was framed against the glowing light.
Fiction book (1992) -
He's the best sidekick a caped crusader could ever have.
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And now we will have an exclusive interview... with the caped man himself.
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Our caped hero wants to be called Meteor Man.
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The silhouette of a caped figure...
Fiction book (1992) -
This looked like a house in which a caped woman might reside.
Fiction book (1999) -
Are you tempted by our caped crusader?
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The caped crusaders avoid skyscraper turrets and elevated bridges as they follow in Freeze's wake.
Fiction book (1997) -
Legend tells of a caped crusader, Batman, guardian of New Gotham, and his one true love, Catwoman, the queen of the criminal underworld.
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The film features a caped villain who tries to take over the city.
Synonyms
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4.1
Wearing special clothes to act as someone else or to look like people from another time
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Caped comes from the word cape, which itself comes from an old Latin word cappa meaning 'cloak'. So to be caped is to be 'wearing a cape', like a magician or a superhero with a loose cloth over the shoulders.