Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recaption

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-cap-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To assign a new caption to.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The ordinance affirmed the common-law right of masters to recapture fugitives on their own, without coming before a magistrate. By contrast, Article IV omitted mention of self-help recaption or reclamation."
"The newspaper was forced to recaption the photograph to avoid a libel suit."

Etymology

From re- + caption.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Inflected Forms

recaptions (plural) recaptions (present, singular) recaptioning (participle, present) recaptioned (participle, past) recaptioned (past)

Questions

What does recaption mean?: The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him
Where does recaption come from?: From re- + caption.

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