recapture
noun
1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
Definition categories: act, seizure
2. the act of taking something back
Similar word(s): retaking
Definition categories: act, recovery, retrieval
Sentences with recapture as a noun:
- The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
verb
1. experience anew
- She could not recapture that feeling of happiness
Definition categories: emotion, experience, feel
2. take up anew
- The author recaptures an old idea here
Definition categories: creation, capture
3. take back by force, as after a battle
- The military forces managed to recapture the fort
Similar word(s): retake
Definition categories: possession, take
4. capture again
- recapture the escaped prisoner
Similar word(s): retake
Definition categories: contact, capture, catch, get
Sentences with recapture as a verb:
- The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
- New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking