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Meaning of recapture

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  recapture
      n 1: a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed
           amount
      2: the act of taking something back [syn: {recapture},
         {retaking}]
      v 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" [syn: {recapture}, {retake}]
      4: capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" [syn:
         {recapture}, {retake}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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