What's the difference between retake and rewake?

Retake


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take or receive again.
  • (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No changes for either side, but Zinedine Zidane has been whispering into Cristiano Ronaldo's ear as he retakes the pitch.
  • (2) This year, that means anyone doing a retake in order to get the grades for law or accounting and finance degrees.
  • (3) A standardized questionnaire, with satisfactory retake item reliabilities and well established validities, was administered to a representative sample of female university students (N = 2366), drawn from Cairo and Ein-Shams Universities, both located in Greater Cairo.
  • (4) On top of that, a campaign to retake the north will pit largely Shia soldiers against Sunni fighters and, if air power and artillery are used in civilian areas, will risk further alienating the population.
  • (5) However, due to moving the larger studio audience (some of whom were on a gallery above the main set) around for different shots and retakes it took three times that.
  • (6) The official said they wanted to retake Mosul in the spring, before the summer heat and the holiday month of Ramadan kick in.
  • (7) Al-Maliki's appeal seems not only to have fallen on deaf ears but some tribal militias reportedly defected and fought alongside Isis, thus frustrating the government's efforts to retake Falluja.
  • (8) Criminals are released from prison and return to work every day, but the prospect of an unrepentant convicted rapist retaking his place at a League One football club has proved another matter.
  • (9) He added: "Retake the opportunity for individual tenants to choose to have their rent paid direct, then we will be with you all the way."
  • (10) There was no one in red and white prepared to take charge and deal with the visitors' inevitable surge, when it eventually came, by calming his team-mates down and retaking control of possession.
  • (11) Arab Iraq may still try to retake the province, but it is too focused on turning Baghdad and the Shia south into a fortress.
  • (12) More than a third of graduates from the training program, which until this year was available only to men, retake at lease one phase, the US army told AFP this week.
  • (13) The day after Zeidan's removal, the powerful Misrata militia, allied to congress, launched an offensive to retake the blockaded oil terminals, storming the base of an army special forces unit – the Zawiya Martyrs brigade – in the central city of Sirte, leaving five people dead.
  • (14) The military-drafted, vaguely worded constitution allows for the army chief to retake power in a national emergency.
  • (15) The long-promised battle for Tikrit and the province of Salahuddin, north of Baghdad, is set to be a dry run for another offensive, backed by the US-led international coalition and Shia militia, to retake Isis-controlled Mosul.
  • (16) They’re going to be retaking territory that’s part of the disputed territory.
  • (17) The Iraqi prime minister has vowed to retake every inch seized by the militants.
  • (18) Two earlier attempts to retake Delga failed, but in the early hours of Monday morning police launched a third and decisive assault, and have now re-entered the town, residents said by telephone.
  • (19) Hugely popular, evidence that the comprehensive ideal could succeed brilliantly, they offered a much wider curriculum than schools; students could be “academic” or given a second chance (the pass rate for “retakes” was almost double); all could escape the constraining regime of schools and be treated as young adults.
  • (20) She added: "That night, no one could tell me whether we could retake the Falklands.

Rewake


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To wake again.

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