Definitions for recapture

Overview of noun recapture

The noun recapture has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. recapture

(a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount)

2. recapture, retaking

(the act of taking something back)

Overview of verb recapture

The verb recapture has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (3) recapture

(experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness")

2. (1) recapture

(take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here")

3. recapture, retake

(take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort")

4. recapture, retake

(capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner")