Recapture
[riː'kæptʃə] or [,ri'kæptʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of taking something back.
(noun.) a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount.
(verb.) capture again; 'recapture the escaped prisoner'.
(verb.) take up anew; 'The author recaptures an old idea here'.
(verb.) experience anew; 'She could not recapture that feeling of happiness'.
(verb.) take back by force, as after a battle; 'The military forces managed to recapture the fort'.
Checked by Brits--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
(n.) That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
(v. t.) To capture again; to retake.
Checked by Francis
Definition
v.t. to capture back or retake esp. a prize from a captor.—n. act of retaking: a prize recaptured.—n. Recap′tor.
Editor: Monica
Examples
- He recaptured Lot and all the other plunder. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It were better to be recaptured ourselves than that. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Haley stood there in very ill humor, having ridden hard the night before, and being not at all pacified by his ill success in recapturing his prey. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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