Definition of "recapturing" [recapturing]

• Present participle of recapture. (verb)

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• "Legislatures and executives should begin recapturing their lost powers, or we should find new legislators and executives to restore constitutional balance."
• "But I have hope that it will aid us in recapturing social flexibility, in regaining that great gift to each succeeding generation -- opportunity, a gift that once was the promise of the frontier."
• "But I have hope that it will aid us in recapturing social flexibility, in regaining that great gift to each succeeding generation — opportunity, a gift that once was the promise of the frontier."