Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recapture \Re*cap"ture\, v. t.
   To capture again; to retake.

Recapture \Re*cap"ture\ (?; 135), n.
   1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially,
      the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

   2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Source : WordNet®

recapture
     n 1: a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed
          amount
     2: the act of taking something back [syn: {retaking}]
     v 1: experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of
          happiness"
     2: take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here"
     3: take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces
        managed to recapture the fort" [syn: {retake}]
     4: capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" [syn: {retake}]