āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
recapture
/ÉšÉĒkËÃĻptâĘÉ/
to recapture
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āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to feel or experience something again
Transitive: to recapture a sensation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Listening to her favorite song, she recaptured the emotions she felt the first time she heard it.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to regain or revive a lost ability, sensation, or quality
Transitive: to recapture an ability or quality
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The artist hoped to recapture the magic of her earlier works in her new collection.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ§āĻ°āĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to catch someone or an animal that had previously escaped
Transitive: to recapture a person or animal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After the inmate escaped, the police worked tirelessly to recapture him and return him to prison.
āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to take something back by force, typically after it has been lost or captured
Transitive: to recapture a lost territory
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The soldiers worked together to recapture the territory they had lost.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
Recapture
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āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻāĻ˛
the act of taking something back
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āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°
a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
