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Definitions for recapitulate
ˌri kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪtre·ca·pit·u·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. recapitulate, recapverb

    summarize briefly

    "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"

  2. recapitulateverb

    repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

  3. reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulateverb

    repeat an earlier theme of a composition

Wiktionary

  1. recapitulateverb

    to summarize or repeat in concise form

    The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.

  2. recapitulateverb

    to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development

    Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

  3. Etymology: From recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare, from re- + capitulum; see capitulate.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To RECAPITULATEverb

    To repeat again distinctly; to detail again.

    Etymology: recapituler, Fr. re and capitulum, Lat.

    Hylobares judiciously and resentingly recapitulates your main reasonings. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.

    I have been forced to recapitulate these things, because mankind is not more liable to deceit, than it is willing to continue in a pleasing error. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

ChatGPT

  1. recapitulate

    To recapitulate means to summarize or state again the main points of something, typically for clarification or emphasis. It can also refer to the repetition of an evolutionary or other process during the development or growth phase.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Recapitulateverb

    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

  2. Recapitulateverb

    to sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance

  3. Etymology: [L. recapitulare, recapitulatum; pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Recapitulate

    rē-ka-pit′ū-lāt, v.t. to go over again the chief points of anything.—n. Recapitūlā′tion, act of recapitulating: a summary of the main points of a preceding speech, treatise, &c.—adjs. Recapit′ūlātive; Recapit′ūlātory, repeating again: containing a recapitulation. [L. recapitulāre, -ātum—re-, again, capitulum—caput, head.]

Editors Contribution

  1. RECAPITULATE

    summarize and state again the main points of


    Submitted by rinat on December 17, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of recapitulate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of recapitulate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of recapitulate in a Sentence

  1. Corrie Moreau:

    Although I know there are some people interested in potentially resurrecting this species, I think we have a long way to go before we would be able to actually do this, it would require significant time and financial resources to not only recapitulate its genome, but also establish the required host plants for the larvae and native symbiotic ants. During this time of a global insect decline, I would prefer to see our resources put towards saving those species already endangered or protecting critical habitat.

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