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recapture
[ ree-kap-cher ]
verb (used with object)
- (of a government) to take by recapture.
- to recollect or reexperience (something past).
noun
- the recovery or retaking by capture.
- the taking by the government of a fixed part of all earnings in excess of a certain percentage of property value, as in the case of a railroad.
- International Law. the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.
- the state or fact of being recaptured.
recapture
/ ːˈæʃə /
verb
- to capture or take again
- to recover, renew, or repeat (a lost or former ability, sensation, etc)
she soon recaptured her high spirits
- (of the government) to take lawfully (a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking)
noun
- the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured
- the seizure by the government of a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·tܰ·· adjective
- ܲr·tܰ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of recapture1
Example Sentences
Doncic finished with 35 points, looking like a player who recaptured his mojo.
In his final season at UCLA, Andrews never recaptured the form he showed late in his sophomore season, when he averaged 17.1 points over his final 14 games and played at an all-conference level.
The Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war.
If we want to recapture our ability to see each other as fully human, we need to revive mobility.
The Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, military leaders have said.
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