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Webster 1913 Edition


Retake

Re-take′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To take or receive again.
2.
To take from a captor; to recapture;
as, to
retake
a ship or prisoners
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Retake

RETA'KE

,
Verb.
T.
pret. retook; pp. retaken. [re and take.]
1.
To take again.
2.
To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

Definition 2024


retake

retake

English

Verb

retake (third-person singular simple present retakes, present participle retaking, simple past retook, past participle retaken)

  1. to take something again
  2. to take something back
  3. to capture or occupy somewhere again
    The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.
  4. to photograph or film again

Translations

Noun

retake (plural retakes)

  1. a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again