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recapture   (TTS Sound)

The noun recapture has 2 senses

• recapture -- (a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount)


• recapture, retaking -- (the act of taking something back)

The verb recapture has 4 senses

• recapture -- (experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness")


• recapture -- (take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here")


• recapture, retake -- (take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort")


• recapture, retake -- (capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner")