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Recapture   /rikˈæptʃər/   Listen
verb
Recapture  v. t.  To capture again; to retake.


noun
Recapture  n.  
1.
The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
2.
That which is captured back; a prize retaken.





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"Recapture" Quotes from Famous Books



... from the fury of the witch-doctors, or priests, who were thus most unwillingly deprived of their prey, and who accompanied the party right down to the shore, doing their best to instigate the people to attack the escort and recapture the released prisoners. There was a terrific hubbub over the affair, repeated rushes being made at the party; but the guards appeared to use their clubs with great freedom, and eventually the cortege reached the river, and the whites were safely ...
— The Pirate Slaver - A Story of the West African Coast • Harry Collingwood
... wonder why." Violet made a futile effort to recapture her book. "You might let me have it. I must know what became of those unlucky girls when the convent was taken. They mutilated most of the nuns with their scimitars. But the pupils—Allegro, let me have it, dear! I shan't sleep a wink to-night ...
— The Keeper of the Door • Ethel M. Dell
... wise thrush: he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first ...
— Birds in the Bush • Bradford Torrey
... it, this capture and recapture occurred several times. A single regiment even would dash forward, and actually drive the Rebels back, only to lose a few moments later what they had gained. Never was there braver fighting, never worse tactics. The repeated successes of ...
— His Sombre Rivals • E. P. Roe
... rumors that only Jackson's corps recrossed the Potomac to look after a column of the enemy sent to recapture Harper's Ferry and take Winchester, our ...
— A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital • John Beauchamp Jones


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