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recapturable

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re⋅cap⋅ture

[ree-kap-cher] verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to capture again; recover by capture; retake.
2. (of a government) to take by recapture.
3. to recollect or reexperience (something past).
–noun
4. the recovery or retaking by capture.
5. the taking by the government of a fixed part of all earnings in excess of a certain percentage of property value, as in the case of a railroad.
6. International Law. the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.
7. the state or fact of being recaptured.

Origin:
1745–55; re- + capture


re⋅cap⋅tur⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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Word Origin & History

recapture 
1752 (n.), 1799 (v.), from re- "back, again" + capture (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: recapture
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of recapturing
2 : an amount recaptured or subject to recapture
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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