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English Dictionary: recapture by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recapture
n
  1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
  2. the act of taking something back
    Synonym(s): recapture, retaking
v
  1. experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"
  2. take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here"
  3. take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"
    Synonym(s): recapture, retake
  4. capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"
    Synonym(s): recapture, retake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recapture \Re*cap"ture\ (?; 135), n.
      1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially,
            the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
  
      2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recapture \Re*cap"ture\, v. t.
      To capture again; to retake.
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