recapture

re- +‎ capture

recapture (plural recaptures)

1. The act of capturing again.

   The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.

2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
3. (finance) The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.

recapture (third-person singular simple present recaptures, present participle recapturing, simple past and past participle recaptured)

1. To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.

   The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.

   New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking.

   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 118:

     One specimen of milberti was recaptured after being at liberty for ten years, and it had grown only twenty inches.

   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.

recapture f (plural recaptures)

1. recapture

recapture

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recapturar.