recapture

[ ree-kap-cher ]
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verb (used with object),re·cap·tured, re·cap·tur·ing.
  1. to capture again; recover by capture; retake.

  2. (of a government) to take by recapture.

  1. to recollect or reexperience (something past).

noun
  1. the recovery or retaking by capture.

  2. 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.

  1. International Law. the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.

  2. the state or fact of being recaptured.

Origin of recapture

1
First recorded in 1745–55; re- + capture

Other words from recapture

  • re·cap·tur·a·ble, adjective
  • un·re·cap·tured, adjective

Words Nearby recapture

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British Dictionary definitions for recapture

recapture

/ (riːˈkæptʃə) /


verb(tr)
  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

  1. US (of the government) to take lawfully (a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking)

noun
  1. the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured

  2. US the seizure by the government of a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking

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