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recapture definition
re·cap·ture (rē kap′c̸hər)
transitive verb recaptured -·tured, recapturing -·tur·ing
- to capture again; retake; get back by capture; reacquire
- ☆ to get by recapture ()
- to bring back by remembering to recapture a feeling
noun
- a recapturing or being recaptured
- ☆ the placing in reserve or the taking by the government under law of a fixed portion of all business earnings exceeding a specified percentage of property value
- ☆ that which is recaptured
- postliminium
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