recapture

/ɹikˈæptʃɚ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. experience anew
   “She could not recapture that feeling of happiness”
2. take up anew
   “The author recaptures an old idea here”
3. take back by force, as after a battle
   “The military forces managed to recapture the fort”
4. capture again
   “recapture the escaped prisoner”

noun

1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
2. the act of taking something back

Synonyms for recapture

• retake
• retaking

Words that rhyme with recapture

• capture
• rapture
• enrapture