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recapture

 
 
/ˌriːˈkæptʃər/ verb [T]

Definition

CATCH to catch a person or animal that has escaped
EXPERIENCE to experience or feel something from the past again: Some men try to recapture their youth by going out with younger women.
(Definition of recapture verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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