recapture definition

1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
2. the act of taking something back
3. experience anew
• examples: She could not recapture that feeling of happiness
4. take up anew
• examples: The author recaptures an old idea here
5. take back by force, as after a battle
• examples: The military forces managed to recapture the fort
6. capture again
• examples: recapture the escaped prisoner