recapture

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RECAP'TURE, noun [re and capture.] 1. The act of retaking; particularly, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor. 2. A prize retaken. RECAP'TURE, verb transitive To retake; particularly, to retake a prize which had been previously taken.
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