RETAKEN

RETAKE

retake

(verb) photograph again; ā€œPlease retake that sceneā€

recapture, retake

(verb) capture again; ā€œrecapture the escaped prisonerā€

recapture, retake

(verb) take back by force, as after a battle; ā€œThe military forces managed to recapture the fortā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

retaken

Taken again.

Verb

retaken

past participle of retake

Source: Wiktionary


RETAKE

Re*take", v. t.

1. To take or receive again.

2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ā€œtheir business venture was doomed from the startā€; ā€œan ill-fated business ventureā€; ā€œan ill-starred romanceā€; ā€œthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā€- W.H.Prescott


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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