recapture

[ ree-kap-cher ]

/ riˈkæp tʃər /

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verb (used with object), re·cap·tured, re·cap·tur·ing.

to capture again; recover by capture; retake.

(of a government) to take by recapture.

to recollect or reexperience (something past).

noun

the recovery or retaking by capture.

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.

International Law. the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.

the state or fact of being recaptured.

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Origin of recapture

First recorded in 1745–55; re- + capture

OTHER WORDS FROM recapture

re·cap·tur·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·cap·tured, adjective

Words nearby recapture

recapitalization, recapitalize, recapitulate, recapitulation, recaption, recapture, recarburize, recast, recce, recd., recede

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How to use recapture in a sentence

While these three programs—parole, visa recapture, and the restoration of the CTC for undocumented kids—remain in current drafts of the bill, their ultimate fate remains unclear.
The Democrats' Bill Could Change the Lives of More Than 7 Million Undocumented Immigrants|Jasmine Aguilera|November 1, 2021|Time
The furnace owner offered a reward of three pounds each for their recapture.
Faces of the dead emerge from lost African American graveyard|Michael Ruane|July 9, 2021|Washington Post
The landowner will continue to come out ahead, but not as much as without land value recapture.
There’s a Way for the City to Balance Density With Quality of Life|Nico Calavita and Brian J. Curry|December 15, 2020|Voice of San Diego
He is an expert on land value recapture and author of “Value Capture” and co-author of “Public Benefit Zoning.”
There’s a Way for the City to Balance Density With Quality of Life|Nico Calavita and Brian J. Curry|December 15, 2020|Voice of San Diego

My strategy was to bring in the people we never had, not try to recapture the people we lost to Reagan.
The Unsung Heroism of Jesse Jackson|David Masciotra|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before modernism, designers were almost trying to recapture the past.
How Jews Created American Modernism|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The protest at Recapture Canyon was non-violent, though there were guns present.
How Cliven Bundy and the Land Rights Movement Screws Native Americans|Caitlin Dickson|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On each of these privileged descents into Recapture, we walked and climbed down.
The Idea of Public Land Means Nothing to Utah County Commissioner|Doug Peacock|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was it because your dad really liked those earlier sessions and wanted to recapture some of the magic?
The Inside Story of Johnny Cash’s Legendary Lost LP, ‘Out Among the Stars’|Andrew Romano|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More serious still was the news that Porter had been reinforced, and had attacked and expected to recapture the place.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
All the town is talking of your capture of the French frigate, and the recapture of the two prizes that she had taken.
A Roving Commission|G. A. Henty
Michael, having failed with Prout, tried to recapture the emotion of his first religious experience at St. Bartholomew's.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
The Swami made a determined effort to recapture the spotlight.
Sense from Thought Divide|Mark Irvin Clifton
He was trying to recapture them and as he brought them back he laughed.
The Beach of Dreams|H. De Vere Stacpoole

British Dictionary definitions for recapture

recapture

/ (riːˈkæptʃə) /

verb (tr)

to capture or take again

to recover, renew, or repeat (a lost or former ability, sensation, etc)she soon recaptured her high spirits

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

noun

the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured

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

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