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re·cap·ture
(rē-kăp′chər)n.
1.
a. The act of retaking or recovering.
b. The condition of having been retaken or recovered.
2. The act or an instance of retaking booty or goods.
3.
a. The recovery by the government of the amount of money equal to certain tax benefits or unpaid because of deductions previously taken by a taxpayer.
b. The procedure for such recovery.
tr.v. re·cap·tured, re·cap·tur·ing, re·cap·tures
1. To capture again.
2. To recall or recreate: an attempt to recapture the past.
3. To acquire by the government procedure of recapture.
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recapture
(riːˈkæptʃə)vb (tr)
1. to capture or take again
2. to recover, renew, or repeat (a lost or former ability, sensation, etc): she soon recaptured her high spirits.
3. (Law) US (of the government) to take lawfully (a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking)
n
4. the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured
5. (Law) the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured
6. (Law) US the seizure by the government of a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking
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re•cap•ture
(riˈkæp tʃər)v. -tured, -tur•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to capture again; retake.
2. (of a government) to take by recapture.
3. to recollect or reexperience (something past).
n. 4. recovery or retaking by capture.
5. the taking by the government of a fixed part of all earnings in excess of a certain percentage of property value.
6. Internat. Law. the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.
7. the state or fact of being recaptured.
[1745–55]
re•cap′tur•a•ble, adj.
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recapture
Past participle: recaptured
Gerund: recapturing
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Noun | 1. | recapture - a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process |
2. | recapture - the act of taking something back | |
Verb | 1. | recapture - experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness" feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
2. | recapture - take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here" capture - succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea" | |
3. | recapture - take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort" take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" reconquer - conquer anew; "The country reconquered the territory lost in the previous war" | |
4. | recapture - capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" |
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recapture
verb refind, resurrect, rekindle, resuscitate, reanimate He couldn't recapture the form he'd shown in getting to the semi-final.
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Translations
إسْتِرْداد، إسْتِرْجاعيَسْتَجْمِع ، يَسْتَعيد من الماضييَسْتَرِد
dobýt zpětnové prožitíoživitznovu chytitznovudobytí
generobregenerobringgenskabegenskabning
visszafoglalásvisszaidéz
endurheimtingendurvekjaná aftur
atgavimasvėl pagauti
atcerēšanāsatkārtota sagrābšanaatsaukt atmiņāno jauna sagrābt
opätovné získanieznova chytiťznova dobyťznovudobytie
canlandırmacanlandırmakyeniden yakalamakyeniden yaşamayeniden yaşamak
recapture
[ˈriːˈkæptʃəʳ]A. VT [+ prisoner] → volver a detener; [+ town] → reocupar, reconquistar (Hist); [+ memory, scene] → hacer revivir, recordar
B. N [of prisoner] → detención f; [of town] → reocupación f, reconquista f (Hist)
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[ˌriːˈkæptʃər]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
recapture
vt animal → wieder einfangen; prisoner → wieder ergreifen; town, territory → wiedererobern; (esp Sport) title etc → wiedergewinnen, wiedererlangen; (fig) atmosphere, emotion, period → wieder wach werden lassen; they recaptured the spark that had originally united them → sie entzündeten den Funken, der einst da war, noch einmal; to recapture the initiative → die Initiative wieder ergreifen
n (of animal) → Wiedereinfangen nt; (of prisoner) → Wiederergreifung f; (of town, territory) → Wiedereroberung f; (esp Sport: of title etc) → Wiedererlangung f
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[ˈriːˈkæptʃəʳ] vt (prisoner) → ricatturare; (town) → riconquistare, riprendere; (memory, scene) → ritrovare; (atmosphere) → ricreareCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
recapture
(riˈkӕptʃə) verb1. to capture again. The soldiers recaptured the city; The prisoners were recaptured.
2. to convey (the feeling of something from the past). to recapture the atmosphere of medieval London.
noun the process of recapturing or being recaptured.
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