/ ˌriːˈkæptʃə(r); NAmE / verb [ vn ]
1.
to win back a place, position, etc. that was previously taken from you by an enemy or a rival :
Government troops soon recaptured the island.
2.
to catch a person or an animal that has escaped
3.
to bring back a feeling or repeat an experience that you had in the past :
He was trying to recapture the happiness of his youth.
► re·cap·ture noun [ U ]:
the recapture of towns occupied by the rebels