Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of retaking; reprisal; in law, the retaking, without force or violence, of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children from one who has taken them and wrongfully detains them. Also called
reprisal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.
- noun (Law) a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The lawful
claim andrecovery , by a person, ofgoods wrongly taken from him - verb transitive To assign a new
caption to.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I cunnint see it either, so clicked on “recaption” and could sees it dere.
And THIS Yoga pose is called - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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I submitted the picture a wee while back with my own caption but what I didn't know is that other members can recaption pictures and resubmit them.
Archive 2009-06-01 Spinningfishwife 2009
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I submitted the picture a wee while back with my own caption but what I didn't know is that other members can recaption pictures and resubmit them.
Ma boyz iz famush.... Spinningfishwife 2009
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If somebody comes up with a good recaption, gimme a challah.
…then let the dough rise - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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January 17, 2009 at 8:47 pm jim lindsey – my favorite recaption so far!
utube - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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July 9, 2008 at 10:35 am teh ghost ob recaption dis!
WOAH!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai haz interwebs exploder, but no pikchoor unless Ai clikk on teh recaption button
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I can has FyrFox and can has piktur bai clickn on teh recaption buton also.
kittah jam error - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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August 24, 2009 at 3:44 am they should make a recaption with
IT’S BEAUTIFUL - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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At that time the existence of involuntary servitude, or the relation of master and servant, was known to and recognized by the laws of every State in the Union except Massachusetts, and _the legal right of recaption by the master existed in all_, AS A PART OF THE CUSTOMARY
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject E. N. [Editor] Elliott
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