Word Study
recapture
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun recapture has 2 senses
- recapture(n = noun.act) Array - a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount; Array is a kind of seizure
- recapture(n = noun.act) retaking - the act of taking something back; Array is a kind of recovery, retrieval
Derived forms verb recapture4, verb recapture3
Verb recapture has 4 senses
- recapture(v = verb.emotion) Array - experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness" is one way to experience, feel
- recapture(v = verb.creation) Array - take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here" is one way to capture
- recapture(v = verb.possession) retake - take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort" is one way to take
- recapture(v = verb.contact) retake - capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" is one way to capture, catch, get
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun recapture2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Derived form noun recapture2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
recapture, n.
- The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor. [1913 Webster]
- That which is captured back; a prize retaken. [1913 Webster]
recapture, v. t.
To capture again; to retake. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
recapture, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 capture again; recover by capture.
2 re-experience (a past emotion etc.).
--n. the act or an instance of recapturing.
--v.tr.
1 capture again; recover by capture.
2 re-experience (a past emotion etc.).
--n. the act or an instance of recapturing.
THESAURUS
recapture
bring back, bring to mind, call back, call to mind, call up, conjure up, evoke, get back, go back, go back over, hark back, look back, mind, ransom, recall, recall to mind, reclaim, reclaiming, reclamation, recollect, recoup, recoupment, recover, recovery, recuperate, recuperation, redeem, redemption, reevoke, reflect, regain, regainment, remember, renovate, reoccupation, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, repossess, repossession, restoration, restore, resume, resumption, retake, retaking, retrace, retrieval, retrieve, retrospect, review, review in retrospect, revindicate, revindication, revival, revive, salvage, see in retrospect, summon up, take back, think back, think of, trover, use hindsight
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