1. Capture again
   "recapture the escaped prisoner";
   - retake
    
2. Take back by force, as after a battle
   "The military forces managed to recapture the fort";
   - retake
    
3. Regain or recover (a feeling or quality)
   "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"

1. The act of taking something back
   "The army's recapture of the city was a major victory";
   - retaking
    
2. A legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
   "The tax authority's recapture of excess profits was met with resistance from corporations"

Derived forms: recapturing, recaptures, recaptured

Type of: capture, catch, experience, feel, get, recovery, retrieval, seizure, take

Encyclopedia: Recapture