I. (ˈ)rē+ noun
Etymology: re- + capture, n.
1.
a.
(1) : the act of retaking or the fact of being retaken : recovery
the recapture of three fourths of the lake shore, which had fallen completely into private ownership — Harland Bartholomew
the development of new markets and recapture of former markets — W.M.Blair
(2) : the retaking of a prize or goods usually thereby under international law devesting the property acquired in captured booty or prize — compare postliminium
b. : a governmental seizure under law of earnings or profits beyond a fixed amount
c. : a capture that completes an even exchange in chess
2. : something that is captured again
II. transitive verb
Etymology: re- + capture, vb.
1.
a. : to capture again
recaptured the hill they had lost the day before
informal history that recaptures much of the flavor of a composite society — W.H.Stephenson
b. : to experience again : recover
by no effort of the imagination could she recapture the ecstasy — Ellen Glasgow
recapture the past
2. : to take by law or through negotiations under law (a portion of earnings or profits above a fixed amount)
• re·cap·tur·er “+ə(r) noun -s