Word Meanings - RECAPTOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.

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• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PREVIOUSLY
  Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
• PRIZER
  One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser. Shak.
• PRIZEMAN
  The winner of a prize.
• TAKEN
  p. p. of Take.
• PRIZE
  prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some senses, as 2 , either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See Prison, Prehensile, 1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
• OVERPRIZE
  Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton.
• APPRIZER
  A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott. (more info) 1. An appraiser.
• APPRIZEMENT
  Appraisement.
• OUTPRIZE
  To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. Shak.
• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• FOREPRIZE
  To prize or rate beforehand. Hooker.
• OUTTAKEN
  or prep. Excepted; save. Wyclif. Chaucer.
• REPRIZE
  See SPENSER
• UNDERPRIZE
  To undervalue; to underestimate. Shak.
• DISPRIZE
  To do preciate. Cotton .
• APPRIZE
  To appraise; to value; to appreciate.
• NOBEL PRIZES
  Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of A. B. Nobel (1833- 96), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what
• REPRIZES
  See 2