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Definition of Retook
1. retake [v] - See also: retake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retook
Literary usage of Retook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Giovanni Maria having been assassinated in 1412, Filippo Maria remained sole
duke, and with the assistance of Carmagnola, retook a great portion of the lost ..."
2. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the by Lyman Chalkley, Mary Smith Lockwood (1912)
"... the Indians several days and retook great part of the things belonging to the
plaintiff. The inhabitants of Car's Creek, the plaintiff not one of them, ..."
3. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"which he retook that came from the Terceras.1 The peace was proclaimed here on
Saturday last [1320], but as 'the merchants are apprehensive lest their ships ..."
4. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... that they retook the Devills house, where they nailed up 7 peices of the
enemies cannon, and then blew up the said house, because 'twould require more ..."
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