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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Recapture

Rē-căpt'ūre, n.

noun

(-kăpt'yūr, 53), n. [Prefix re and capture.]

  1. The act of retaking; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
  2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Rē-căpt’ūre, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. RECAPTURED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECAPTURING.] To retake; especially, to retake a prize which had been previously taken.