Fromre- +capture.
recapture (pluralrecaptures)
- The act ofcapturing again.
- Synonym:recatch
Therecapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
- That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
- (finance) Theretroactivecollection oftaxes that were not collectible at the time.
recapture (third-person singular simple presentrecaptures,present participlerecapturing,simple past and past participlerecaptured)
- Tocapture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.
The warden hoped torecapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
New engine designs permit the vehicle torecapture the kinetic energy lost through braking.
1941 August, Charles E. Lee, “Railways of Italian East Africa—I”, inRailway Magazine, page340:On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces hadrecaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua.
1983,Richard Ellis,The Book of Sharks, Knopf,→ISBN, page118:One specimen ofmilberti wasrecaptured after being at liberty for ten years, and it had grown only twenty inches.
1991 December 8, William S. Hoggard, “Personal advertisement”, inGay Community News, volume19, number21, page14:Seeking torecapture the laughter of life through correspondence.
2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, inBBC Sport[1]:Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled torecapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.
to capture something for a second time
recapture f (pluralrecaptures)
- recapture
recapture
- inflection ofrecapturar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
recapture
- inflection ofrecapturar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
recapture
- inflection ofrecapturar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
