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- adjective
Taken again. - verb Past participle of
retake
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Examples
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Bergerac was retaken from the English in the reign of Charles the
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Bergerac was retaken from the English in the reign of Charles the
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Up to that time seventy-four French vessels had been taken and more than eighty had been retaken from the French.
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We have seen already that the "half way" naval station at the Cape of Good Hope had been retaken from the Dutch in 1806, the year in which the Berlin decree was issued.
The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) John Knight Fotheringham 1867
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Bergerac was retaken from the English in the reign of Charles the Sixth.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Raglan saw what the Russians were doing, and ordered that the guns should be retaken from the Russians.
StrategyPage.com 2009
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The Defense Secretary added that a new medal would be issued to US Forces once the liferaft was retaken, which is to be named 'The Battle We Actually Won Cross'.
US Forces to leave Afghanistan Immediately Dungeekin 2009
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The Defense Secretary added that a new medal would be issued to US Forces once the liferaft was retaken, which is to be named 'The Battle We Actually Won Cross'.
Archive 2009-04-01 Dungeekin 2009
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During the primaries, the challengers framed the debate as a board in crisis that needed to be "retaken," he said.
Archive 2006-08-13 Diane Silver 2006
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During the primaries, the challengers framed the debate as a board in crisis that needed to be "retaken," he said.
The Kansas Evolution Election: November vote is crucial, but moderate victories will be tough Diane Silver 2006
jayzie_cyr commented on the word retaken
to recapture
February 12, 2010