recapture

²recapture

verb

Definition of RECAPTURE

transitive verb

1

a : to capture again b : to experience again <by no effort of the imagination could she recapture the ecstasy — Ellen Glasgow>

2

: to take (as a portion of earnings or profits above a fixed amount) by law or through negotiations under law

Examples of RECAPTURE

1. The guards recaptured the escaped prisoner.
2. The soldiers recaptured the hill they had lost the day before.
3. In the final lap of the race, he recaptured the lead.
4. They are trying to recapture those happy times they had together.
5. The documentary recaptures the social tensions of the 1960s.

First Known Use of RECAPTURE

1799

Related to RECAPTURE

Synonyms: get back, reacquire, recover, reclaim, re-collect, recoup, regain, repossess, retake, retrieve

Related Words: recruit, replenish; redeem, repurchase; rescue

Near Antonyms: lose, mislay, misplace

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