[f. the sb.] a. trans. To act as captain to, lead as captain, head.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, II. i. 24. Captained as we are, our blind ignorance may chance breed our owne woe.
1700. Southerne, Fate of Capua, I. i. This head-long rout … Is captain’d, headed, and led on by some.
1815. Southey, Roderick, XIV. 103. Who called them to the field, who captained them.
1885. Manch. Even. News, 29 May, 2/4. Lord Harris captained the team.
1885. Sat. Rev., 4 July, 1/2.
b. intr.
1671. Dryden, Even. Love, 19. As if I were gone a Captaining to Flanders.
