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recapture

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1. recapture - Noun

2. recapture - Verb

Meaning

The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

To capture again; to retake.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow. Bill Clinton

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! Robert Browning

The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture. Norman Mailer

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. Wangari Maathai

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. Henri Matisse

He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment. Henry Miller

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