recapture

 
Pronunciation: /riːˈkaptʃə/

verb

[with object]
  • capture (a person or animal that has escaped): armed police have recaptured a prisoner who’s been on the run for five days
  • recover (something taken or lost): Edward I recaptured the castle Leeds failed to recapture the form which had swept them to the title
  • recreate or experience again (a past time, event, or feeling): the programmes give viewers a chance to recapture their own childhoods

noun

[in singular]
  • an act of recapturing someone or something: the recapture of the harbour of Bahia