kəˈpɪtʃ 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; < Late Latin recapitulātus (past participle of recapitulāre), equivalent to re- re- + capitulātus; see capitulate
1560–70; < Late Latin recapitulātus (past participle of recapitulāre), equivalent to re- re- + capitulātus; see capitulate
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Recapitulate
is always a great word to know.
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| a mature sexual reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism |
| variation in traits such as body weight or height in which a series of types are distributed on a continuum, not grouped into discrete categories |
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to restate the main points of (an argument, speech, etc); summarize |
| 2. | (tr) (of an animal) to repeat (stages of its evolutionary development) during the embryonic stages of its life |
| 3. | to repeat at some point during a piece of music (material used earlier in the same work) |
| [C16: from Late Latin recapitulāre, literally: to put back under headings; see | |
| reca'pitulative | |
| —adj | |
| reca'pitulatory | |
| —adj | |
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