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Recapitulate

Recapitulate Meaning & Definition
Recapitulate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Recapitulate?

[v] summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
[v] repeat an earlier theme of a musical composition
[v] repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life; of animals

Synonyms | Synonyms for Recapitulate: recap | repeat | reprise | reprize

Related Terms | Find terms related to Recapitulate:

See Also | double | duplicate | play | reduplicate | rehash | replicate | resume | retrograde | spiel | sum up | summarise | summarize

Recapitulate In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*ca*pit"u*late\, v. 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.
\Re`ca*pit"u*late\, v. i. To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.

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