
Noah Webster
Retake
RETA'KE, verb transitive preterit tense retook; participle passive retaken. [re and take.]
1. To take again.
2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
RETA'KE, verb transitive preterit tense retook; participle passive retaken. [re and take.]
1. To take again.
2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.