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

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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

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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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