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retaken

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re⋅take

  [v. ree-teyk; n. ree-teyk] verb, -took, -tak⋅en, -tak⋅ing, noun
Use retaken in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to take again; take back.
2. to recapture.
3. to photograph or film again.
–noun
4. the act of photographing or filming again.
5. a picture, scene, sequence, etc., that is to be or has been photographed or filmed again.
Origin:
1580–90; re- + take

Related forms:
re⋅tak⋅er, noun
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re·take   (rē-tāk')   
tr.v.   re·took (-tŏŏk'), re·tak·en (-tā'kən), re·tak·ing, re·takes

  1. To take back or again.

  2. To recapture.

  3. To photograph, film, or record again.

n.   (rē'tāk')

  1. A taking again.

  2. The act or an instance of photographing, filming, or recording again.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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