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1436 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 635 Touching the Prorogation of the same Trewes, or elles Retakyng of newe.

1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke iii. 110 It will not be amiss to have a well-taught Spaniel with you for the retaking of such Fowl..which will flutter away.

1591 A. Colynet True Hist. Ciuill Warres France viii. 505 The newes of the retaking of Corbeil, caused diuers and contrary motions in diuers persons.

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. iv. 38 The first was a re-taking word for word of that old Covenant.

1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 689 So, the Right of Re-taking, is not personal to the Re-taker, but national, to any Subject of the Re-taker's Nation.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 304 The retaking of Louisburg was their first and grand object.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. x. 50 The mere retaking of an animal that one has had in hand before.

1883 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 4 192 It concludes with the retaking of Constantinople by the Greeks, and the flight of the last Latin emperor.

1917 M. H. Austin Ford v. 244 Virginia, in spite of her divorce and the retaking of her maiden name, was technically a married woman.

1946 T. Roscoe U.S. Submarine Operations in World War II xxii. 282/2 Processing on board was necessary, in order to permit the retaking of any pictures which did not turn out satisfactorily.

1964 Bird-banding 35 42 The time for rebanding was set rather arbitrarily, based on the retaking of many birds after about four years, with bands obviously far thinner than originally.

1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Feb. 39/1 Ernest Hemingway..and a band of maquis were on their way to the retaking of Paris.