recapture

recapture is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
2. noun. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
3. transitive verb. To capture again; to retake.
4. noun. the act of taking something back

   Synonyms: retaking

5. noun. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
6. verb. capture again

   "recapture the escaped prisoner"

   Synonyms: retake

7. verb. take up anew

   "The author recaptures an old idea here"

8. verb. experience anew

   "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"

9. verb. take back by force, as after a battle

   "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"

   Synonyms: retake

Synonyms

retaking, retake

Common word forms

recaptured, recapturer, recaptures, recapturing

Words from these letters

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