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retook

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re⋅took

  [ree-took]
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–verb
pt. of retake.

re⋅take

  [v. ree-teyk; n. ree-teyk] verb, -took, -tak⋅en, -tak⋅ing, noun
–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.

re·took   (rē-tŏŏk')   
v.  Past tense of retake.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

retake 
1436, "to take back," from re- "back, again" + take (v.). Meaning "to recapture" is recorded from 1645; sense of "to record a second time" is attested from 1962.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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