Recapture Definition

rē-kăpchər
recaptured, recaptures, recapturing
noun
recaptures
A recapturing or being recaptured.
Webster's New World
The act of retaking or recovering.
American Heritage
The placing in reserve or the taking by the government under law of a fixed portion of all business earnings exceeding a specified percentage of property value.
Webster's New World
The condition of having been retaken or recovered.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of retaking booty or goods.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
recaptured, recaptures, recapturing
To capture again; retake; get back by capture; reacquire.
Webster's New World
To recall or recreate.
An attempt to recapture the past.
American Heritage

To get by recapture.

Webster's New World
To acquire by the government procedure of recapture.
American Heritage
To bring back by remembering.
To recapture a feeling.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Recapture

Noun

Singular:
recapture
Plural:
recaptures

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