recapture Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
  2. noun the act of taking something back
    retaking.
  3. verb experience anew
    • She could not recapture that feeling of happiness
  4. verb take up anew
    • The author recaptures an old idea here
  5. verb take back by force, as after a battle
    retake.
    • The military forces managed to recapture the fort
  6. verb capture again
    retake.
    • recapture the escaped prisoner

WordNet

Re*cap"ture noun
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To capture again; to retake.

Webster 1913