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Definition of Retake

1. Verb. Take back by force, as after a battle. "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"

2. Noun. A shot or scene that is photographed again.

3. Verb. Capture again. "Recapture the escaped prisoner"

4. Verb. Photograph again. "Please retake that scene"

Definition of Retake

1. v. t. To take or receive again.

Definition of Retake

1. Verb. to take something again ¹

2. Verb. to take something back ¹

3. Verb. to capture or occupy somewhere again ¹

4. Verb. to photograph or film again ¹

5. Noun. a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retake

1. to take back [v -TOOK, -TAKEN, -TAKING, -TAKES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retake

retainable retainal retained retained mode retained object retained placenta retainer retainers retaining retaining wall

retaining walls retainment retainments retains retake (current term) retaken retaker retakers retakes retaking

retakings retaliate retaliated retaliates retaliating retaliation retaliations retaliative retaliator

Literary usage of Retake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"It has been held that a bailiff who has taken a prisoner under mesne process may retake him before the return of the writ, although the escape was voluntary ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Trespass in the Twofold Aspect of the Wrong and the by Thomas Whitney Waterman (1875)
"Entry to retake property. § 803. ... of the right to enter on another's land and retake property by an implied license. It may be further observed, ..."

3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"[A sheriff cannot retake a prisoner whom he has voluntarily set at liberty. 5 TR 25.] [Where a debtor has escaped without the creditors assent, ..."

4. The Law of Sales of Personal Property by Francis Marion Burdick (1913)
"It differs from Vendor's Right to retake his own Goods. — In some of the cases this right is confounded with the right of the owner to retake goods, ..."

5. The Law of Sales of Personal Property by Francis Marion Burdick (1913)
"It differs from Vendor's Right to retake his own Goods. — In some of the cases this right is confounded with the right of the owner to retake goods, ..."

6. The Law of Sales of Personal Property by Francis Marion Burdick (1901)
"It differs from Vendor's Right to retake his own Goods. — In some of the cases this right is confounded with the right of the owner to retake goods, ..."

7. The Law of Sales of Personal Property by Francis Marion Burdick (1897)
"l (b) It differs from Vendor's Right to retake his own Goods. ... right of the owner to retake goods, or to vary their consignment, when he has reserved to ..."

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