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▪ I. reˈtake, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
1. trans. To take again; to take back. Cf. retake n.
1436[see retaking]. a1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lx. i, O God be reconcil'd, Our leading now retake. 1609J. Davies Holy Roode D 2, Wilt haue those Soules which thou in vs didst settle? Retake them as thine owne. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §50 A day should be appointed,..and the Remonstrance to be then retaken into consideration. 1681Belon New Myst. Physic 68 Thus the Remedy being re-taken, after some time of rest, makes a greater Impression. 1721Bradley Philos. Acc. Wks. Nat. 79 They retook the Blue Colour they had at first. 1782F. Burney Cecilia ix. v, The expectations she had crushed, retook possession of her heart. 1814Jane Austen Mansf. Park vi, She retook her chosen place at the bottom of the table. 1885Law Times Rep. LII. 876/2 It is not a declaration that the vendor intends to retake possession. 1929H. L. Witwer Yes Man's Land xii. 304 This here's no quickie and I can't retake all that stuff and do business. 1972[see retake n. 1 a]. 1973‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Starry Bird vi. 82 You have to retake all those pictures this morning. 1977C. Dexter Silent World N. Quinn vii. 67 She's re-taking a few O-levels.
2. To recapture.
1645Whitelocke Mem. 13 Aug., Major-general Langhere..retook Haverfordwest. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 274 Who retook the Standard of Guyen.., lost to the French in a fierce charge. 1724Richers Hist. Royal Geneal. Spain 186 Gibralter, which the Christians endeavour'd afterwards ineffectually to retake. a1732Swift William II Wks. 1768 IV. 256 The king..retook his prisoner, and..sent him into Normandy. 1822Lamb Elia ii. Confessions of a Drunkard, The devil could not have devised a more subtle trap to retake a backsliding penitent. 1884Spectator 4 Oct. 1286/1 The siege had been raised and Berber retaken.
absol.1766Burrow Rep. II. 689 Our Ships of War..cruise, in order to re-take, as well as to take.
3. absol. To take in return.
1847Staunton Chess Player's Handbk. 203 If..he take the B. with Kt., you retake with your Q.
4. absol. To take a second time, take over again.
1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vi. 115 Discreetly discourage phrases such as ‘as I've just said’, and retake if they are not cleanly editable. 1977Horse & Hound 14 Jan. 43/2 (Advt.), Next intensive one month or week's preparation course for A1 (suitable for those retaking) in April.
Hence reˈtaken ppl. a.
1692Lond. Gaz. No. 2793/4 Yesterday came into this Port the Deptford Frigat from Falmouth, with a re-taken Merchant-man. 1710Ibid. No. 4702/3 The third [is] a re-taken Virginia Ship. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Reprise, a retaken ship.
▪ II. retake, n.|ˈriː-|
[f. the vb.]
1. a. The action of filming a scene, person, or object again; the picture or the scene obtained thus. Also attrib.
1918H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made v. 126 Directly on finishing the scene it is filmed again, the second exposure being called a ‘retake’. 1919H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill ii. 67 Only one little retake, where she's happy over her boy's promotion in the factory. 1930[see can n.1 3 c]. 1938‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts iv. 52 Corsi's the most finicky retake artist in pictures. 1941G. Marx Let. 23 June (1967) 27 Here I am on Stage 18 waiting to shoot some retakes. 1960Guardian 12 Dec. 6/2 There's so much to go wrong, the cameras jamming, the lens sticking, and no re-takes [in television]. 1972D. Francis Smokescreen i. 9, I couldn't stand many more retakes of Scene 623... We had retaken it six times.
b. The action of recording music, etc., again.
1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vi. 115 Music retakes should be recorded as soon as possible after the original. 1963V. Gielgud in Times 22 Apr. 16/7 A certain perfectionism is possible in tape recording, but I feel that something is wrong if I personally have to go back and do retakes. 1973‘J. Marks’ Mick Jagger (1974) 88 They suggested the use of their own studios for a retake of the same tune.
c. fig.
1937Sun (Baltimore) 14 May 21/2 In motion-picture parlance, the Preakness at Pimlico Saturday will be a retake of the Kentucky Derby. 1959Punch 20 May 686/2 She took a quick retake at the title, and..tried to stuff it..inside her blouse.
2. gen. The action of taking something a second time.
1939Sun (Baltimore) 17 Feb. 1/8 The purpose of repeating the testimony was to get a record which is to be made public... Senator Sheppard..announced, however, that the re-take of testimony was ‘practically concluded’. 1977C. Dexter Silent World N. Quinn vi. 56 The morning..had been fixed for the ‘retake’ of the Ordinary-level English Language papers. 1977Irish Press 29 Sept. 18/6 McGhee took the spot-kick, but the 'keeper saved his shot, only to see the referee order a retake because the 'keeper had moved before the ball was kicked. |