Word Meanings - RETAKER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.

AGAINSTAND
To withstand.
AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif.
AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
AGAINWARD
Back again.
AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif.
RECAPTOR
One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
TAKEN
p. p. of Take.
THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
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.
OUTTAKEN
or prep. Excepted; save. Wyclif. Chaucer.
MISTAKENLY
By mistake. Goldsmith.
MISTAKENNESS
Erroneousness.
SWEEPSTAKES
The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed. 3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. (more