recapture

Noun

• the act of taking something back

• a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount

Verb

• capture again
  • recapture the escaped prisoner
    

• take back by force, as after a battle
  • The military forces managed to recapture the fort
    

• take up anew
  • The author recaptures an old idea here
    

• experience anew
  • She could not recapture that feeling of happiness
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  retaking , retake