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RECAPTURE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of taking something back

Synonyms:

recapture; retaking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("recapture" is a kind of...):

recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))

Derivation:

recapture (capture again)

recapture (take back by force, as after a battle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("recapture" is a kind of...):

seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capture again

Example:

recapture the escaped prisoner

Synonyms:

recapture; retake

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):

capture; catch; get (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

recapture (the act of taking something back)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take up anew

Example:

The author recaptures an old idea here

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):

capture (succeed in representing or expressing something intangible)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Experience anew

Example:

She could not recapture that feeling of happiness

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):

experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take back by force, as after a battle

Example:

The military forces managed to recapture the fort

Synonyms:

recapture; retake

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):

take (take by force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recapture"):

reconquer (conquer anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

recapture (the act of taking something back)

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