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to recapture

to recapture

21 6.0
To bring back a past feeling or quality
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkæptʃər/
: revivir
  • Maybe she can recapture a little of that happiness.
  • recapture the past
  • recapture youth
  • recapture the spirit

No one has ever been able to recapture that feeling, including Slayer.

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Examples

  • But she had to try once more to recapture her faith in the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • You're trying to recapture that old thrill.

  • You wanna do it again, see if we can recapture something, is that it?

  • I think that it was a signature of the first film, and we wanted to recapture that spirit with this one.

  • We're going back 150 years to recapture what was lost.

  • Try to recapture the happiness within yourself.

  • We want this Valentine's to recapture the magic of when we first met.

  • Or is the day-to-day life so busy you feel like you'll never recapture that sense of childlike wonder?

  • Are you trying to recapture some intangible feeling from childhood... when you dreamt of glamorous cities just out of reach?

  • The documentary aimed to recapture the joy of childhood summers spent at the beach.

Synonyms

to recover
vsto recapture
865 2.5

Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money

focuses on feeling a past mood rather than regaining normal function
to restore
vsto recapture
335 3.5

Bring back a previous situation, function, or position

applies to feeling a past mood rather than rebuilding external situations
to regain
vsto recapture
252 3.3

To get something back after losing it

concerns experiencing a past emotion rather than getting back possession
to relive
vsto recapture
115 3.7

Feel or imagine a past event again in your mind

is about feeling it again in the present, not only in memory
to rediscover
vsto recapture
46 3.2

Find again a place, skill, or interest you forgot

is about experiencing a past feeling rather than finding lost awareness
to rekindle
vsto recapture
32 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

refers to feeling a past mood again rather than intentionally renewing it
to re-create
vsto recapture
3 5.4

Picture a past scene again in your mind

focuses on feeling the original mood rather than mentally rebuilding it
to re-experience
vsto recapture
2 5.5

To feel a past event or emotion again

is the same meaning but expressed in a different form
to reattain
vsto recapture
1 7.3

To get something back after you lose it

is about experiencing a past mood again rather than achieving goals

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Not remember something you should remember

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

How Vivid

to relive
115 3.7
to recapture
21 6.0
to recall
∞ 2.4

Surface Forms

recapture infinitive
recaptured past
recaptured past participle
recapturing present participle
recaptures third person singular

Morphology

recapture = capture (semi-transparent) = re + capture

The re- structure is clear, but extending 'capture' to recovering a past feeling or experience is metaphorical rather than fully literal.

Etymology

Recapture for feelings breaks into re- 'again' and capture 'to take', giving the picture of 'catching' a mood or magic from before, as when a film tries to recapture the feeling of the original.