recapture

See also: recapturé

English edit

Etymology edit

re- +‎ capture

Pronunciation edit

Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -æptʃə(ɹ)

Noun edit

recapture (plural recaptures)

The act of capturing again.
The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.

Synonym: recatch
That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
(finance) The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.

Translations edit

act of capturing again

Galician: recaptura f
Hungarian: (of a person or animal) újbóli/ismételt elfogás, (of a site or territory) visszafoglalás (hu)
Manx: aaghoaill f, aachappeeys m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjenerobring m or f
Spanish: recaptura f

Verb edit

recapture (third-person singular simple present recaptures, present participle recapturing, simple past and past participle recaptured)

To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.
The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.

New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking.
- 1941 August, Charles E. Lee, “Railways of Italian East Africa—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
  On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured 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, page 118:
  One specimen of milberti was recaptured after being at liberty for ten years, and it had grown only twenty inches.
- 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC 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 to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.