recapture
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tʃər verb (used with object)
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.
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recapture (riːˈkæptʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to capture or take again |
| 2. | to recover, renew, or repeat (a lost or former ability, sensation, etc): she soon recaptured her high spirits |
| 3. | (US) (of the government) to take lawfully (a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking) |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured |
| 5. | (US) the seizure by the government of a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking |
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Example sentences
But loosening underwriting standards now to recapture market share lost three years ago is a risky approach.
For that matter, you could blast the water free of the moons gravitational pull and then recapture it to make your shield.
If vibrations from sound would produce energy envelops of this fabric around machinery could recapture wasted energy.
Everybody with a checkbook tried to recapture that film's success, for a while.
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