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re·ca·pit·u·late    Audio Help   [ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key 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]

1. See repeat.
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re·ca·pit·u·late    Audio Help   (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.
  1. To repeat in concise form.
  2. 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 [riːkəˈpitjuleit] verb
(abbreviation recap ˈriːkӕppast tense, past particple ˈrecapped) to go over again (the chief points of a statement, argument etc)
Arabic: يُعيدُ باخْتِصار
Chinese (Simplified): 扼要重述,重述要点
Chinese (Traditional): 扼要重述,重述要點
Czech: rekapitulovat
Danish: rekapitulere
Dutch: samenvatten
Estonian: üle kordama
Finnish: käydä läpi pääkohdittain
French: récapituler
German: rekapitulieren
Greek: ανακεφαλαιώνω
Hungarian: ismétel
Icelandic: endursegja í höfuðatriðum
Indonesian: mengulangi
Italian: ricapitolare
Japanese: 要約する
Korean: 요점을 되풀이하다; 요약하다
Latvian: rezumēt; īsi atkārtot
Lithuanian: trumpai pakartoti, reziumuoti
Norwegian: oppsummere, sammenfatte
Polish: (z)reasumować
Portuguese (Brazil): recapitular
Portuguese (Portugal): recapitular
Romanian: a recapitula
Russian: резюмировать
Slovak: rekapitulovať, zhrnúť
Slovenian: povzeti
Spanish: recapitular
Swedish: rekapitulera, sammanfatta
Turkish: özetlemek
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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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