Search Result for "recapture":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount;
2. the act of taking something back;
[syn: recapture, retaking]
VERB (4)
1. experience anew;
- Example: "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"
2. take up anew;
- Example: "The author recaptures an old idea here"
3. take back by force, as after a battle;
- Example: "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"
[syn: recapture, retake]
4. capture again;
- Example: "recapture the escaped prisoner"
[syn: recapture, retake]
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]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
