retake

retake
retaker, n.
v. /ree tayk"/; n. /ree"tayk'/, v., retook, retaken, retaking, n.
v.t.
1. to take again; take back.
2. to recapture.
3. to photograph or film again.
n.
4. the act of photographing or filming again.
5. a picture, scene, sequence, etc., that is to be or has been photographed or filmed again.
[1580-90; RE- + TAKE]

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  • retake — index attach (seize), reclaim, recoup (regain), recover, rescue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • retake — (v.) mid 15c., to take back, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + TAKE (Cf. take) (v.). Meaning to recapture is recorded from 1640s; sense of to record a second time is attested from 1962 …   Etymology dictionary

  • retake — (izg. ritȇjk) m DEFINICIJA film. ponovno snimanje istoga kadra ETIMOLOGIJA engl. ≃ re + take: snimka, snimiti …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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  • retake — re|take1 [ ,ri teık ] (past tense re|took [ ,ri tuk ] ; past participle re|tak|en [ ,ri teıkən ] ) verb transitive 1. ) to take control of a place again using military force: Soldiers came to retake the village. 2. ) to photograph or record… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • retake — re|take1 [ˌri:ˈteık] v past tense retook [ ˈtuk ] past participle retaken [ ˈteıkən] [T] 1.) to get control of an area again in a war = ↑recapture ▪ an attempt to retake the city 2.) to take an examination again because you have previously failed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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