The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recapture \Re*cap"ture\ (r[-e]*k[a^]p"t[-u]r; 135), n.
   1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially,
      the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
      [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recapture \Re*cap"ture\, v. t.
   To capture again; to retake.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

recapture
    n 1: a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed
         amount
    2: the act of taking something back [syn: recapture,
       retaking]
    v 1: experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of
         happiness"
    2: take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here"
    3: take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces
       managed to recapture the fort" [syn: recapture, retake]
    4: capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" [syn:
       recapture, retake]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "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



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

RECAPTURE, war. By this term is understood the recovery from the enemy, by a
friendly force, of a prize by him captured. It differs from rescue. (q.v.)
     2. It seems incumbent on follow citizens, and it is of course equally
the duty of allies, to rescue each other from the enemy when there is a
reasonable prospect of success. 3 Rob. Rep. 224.
     3. The recaptors are not entitled to the property captured, as if it
were a new prize; the owner is entitled to it by the right of postliminium.
(q.v.) Dall. Dict. mots Prises maritimes, art. 2, Sec. 4.