recapture

[ree-kap-cher]

verb (used with object)

recaptured, recapturing 

1. to capture again; recover by capture; retake.

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

3. 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.

3. International Law.,  the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.

4. the state or fact of being recaptured.

recapture

/ riːˈkæptʃə /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• recapturable adjective
• unrecaptured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of recapture¹

First recorded in 1745–55; re- + capture

Example Sentences

The Chargers, meanwhile, have struggled to recapture the magic of September when they opened the season with three consecutive division victories.

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But you can never recapture the innocence of youth or the innocence of the time.

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England seemed to recapture the momentum just in time.

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Meanwhile in mid-November, the Malian army and Russian soldiers recaptured the Intahaka mining site in the country's northern Gao region.

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Along with Iran, Turkey has supplied the Sudanese army with long-range drones, which "made a big difference" in the recapture of the capital Khartoum from the RSF in March, according to Badi.

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Related Words

• reclaim 
• recover 
• retake 
• take back