"recaption" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: recaptions [plural]
Etymology: re- + caption Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|caption}} re- + caption Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} recaption (countable and uncountable, plural recaptions)
  1. (law) The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-recaption-en-noun-JnfWWlKY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 48 52 Topics: law

Verb

Forms: recaptions [present, singular, third-person], recaptioning [participle, present], recaptioned [participle, past], recaptioned [past]
Etymology: re- + caption Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|caption}} re- + caption Head templates: {{en-verb}} recaption (third-person singular simple present recaptions, present participle recaptioning, simple past and past participle recaptioned)
  1. (transitive) To assign a new caption to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-recaption-en-verb-tIZJ-1F~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 48 52

Inflected forms

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