retake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a shot or scene that is photographed again
  2. verb take back by force, as after a battle
    recapture.
    • The military forces managed to recapture the fort
  3. verb capture again
    recapture.
    • recapture the escaped prisoner
  4. verb photograph again
    • Please retake that scene

WordNet


Re*take" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To take or receive again.
  2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

Webster 1913