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re⋅ca⋅pit⋅u⋅late

[ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt]

verb, -lated, -lat⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.

2.	Biology. (of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development.

3.	Music. to restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to sum up statements or matters.

Origin:
1560–70; < LL recapitulātus (ptp. of recapitulāre), equiv. to re- re- + capitulātus; see capitulate

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Language Translation for : Recapitulate

Spanish:

recapitular,

German:

rekapitulieren,

Japanese:

要約する

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re·ca·pit·u·late   (rē'kə-pĭch'ə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   re·ca·pit·u·lat·ed, re·ca·pit·u·lat·ing, re·ca·pit·u·lates

v.   tr.

To repeat in concise form.
Biology To appear to repeat (the evolutionary stages of the species) during the embryonic development of the individual organism.

v. intr.
To make a summary.

[Latin recapitulāre, recapitulāt- : re-, re- + capitulum, main point, heading, diminutive of caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]
re·ca·pit'u·la'tive, re·ca·pit'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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recapitulate
verb
1.	summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
2.	repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
3.	repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise]

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Recapitulate

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.

Recapitulate

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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