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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Recapacitate, v. [18th c. Eng. recapacitate (1702–3).] To make legally capable again. —1686 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 20.
For recapacitating him to goe about his affairs as a free subject
