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RECAPITULATE
recapitulate, recap
(verb) summarize briefly; “Let’s recapitulate the main ideas”
reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate
(verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition
recapitulate
(verb) repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
recapitulate (third-person singular simple present recapitulates, present participle recapitulating, simple past and past participle recapitulated)
To summarize or repeat in concise form.
(biology, of an organism) During an individual's development, to pass through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
Synonyms
• (to summarize or repeat in concise form): recap, sum up
Anagrams
• catapleurite
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ca*pit"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. recapitulare, recapitulatum; pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate.]
Definition: To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.
Re`ca*pit"u*late, v. i.
Definition: To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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