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recapitulate

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re⋅ca⋅pit⋅u⋅late

  [ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt] verb, -lated, -lat⋅ing.
Use recapitulate in a Sentence
–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

Synonyms:
1. See repeat.
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re·ca·pit·u·late   (rē'kə-pĭch'ə-lāt')   
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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