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Webster 1913 Edition
Recapitulate
Re-ca-pit′u-late
(rēˊkȧ-pĭt′ū̍-lāt)
, Verb.
T.
[L.
recapitulare
, recapitulatum
; pref. re-
re- + capitulum
a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate
.] 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.
Reˊca-pit′u-late
(rēˊkȧ-pĭt′ū̍-lāt)
, Verb.
I.
To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Recapitulate
RECAPIT'ULATE
,Verb.
T.
To repeat the principal things mentioned in a preceding discourse, argument or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points or arguments.
Definition 2024
recapitulate
recapitulate
English
Verb
recapitulate (third-person singular simple present recapitulates, present participle recapitulating, simple past and past participle recapitulated)
- To summarize or repeat in concise form.
- The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
- (biology, of an organism) During an individual's development, to pass through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
- 1997, G. A. Bray, "Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding," Obesity Research, vol. 5, no. 3 (May), p. 272:
- Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.
- 1997, G. A. Bray, "Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding," Obesity Research, vol. 5, no. 3 (May), p. 272:
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to summarize or repeat in concise form
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to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism
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External links
- recapitulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- recapitulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911