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Webster 1913 Edition

Recapture

Re-cap′ture

(rē̍-kăp′tū̍r; 135)
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Noun.
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.

Re-cap′ture

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Verb.
T.
To capture again; to retake.

Webster 1828 Edition

Recapture

RECAP'TURE

,
Noun.
[re and capture.]
1.
The act of retaking; particularly, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
2.
A prize retaken.

RECAP'TURE

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Verb.
T.
To retake; particularly, to retake a prize which had been previously taken.

Definition 2024

recapture

recapture

See also: recapturé

English

Noun

recapture ‎(plural recaptures)

  1. The act of capturing again.
    The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
  2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Translations

Verb

recapture ‎(third-person singular simple present recaptures, present participle recapturing, simple past and past participle recaptured)

  1. to capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss
    The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
    New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
      Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.

Translations

French

Noun

recapture f ‎(plural recaptures)

  1. recapture

Spanish

Verb

recapture

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recapturar.

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