recapitulation
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kəˌpɪtʃ noun
1.
the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
2.
a brief review or summary, as of a speech.
3.
Biology. the theory that the stages an organism passes through during its embryonic development repeat the evolutionary stages of structural change in its ancestral lineage.
4.
Music. the modified restatement of the exposition following the development section in a sonata-form movement.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English recapitulacioun < Late Latin recapitulātiōn- (stem of recapitulātiō), equivalent to recapitulāt(us) (see recapitulate) + -iōn- -ion
1350–1400; Middle English recapitulacioun < Late Latin recapitulātiōn- (stem of recapitulātiō), equivalent to recapitulāt(us) (see recapitulate) + -iōn- -ion
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| 1. | the act of recapitulating, esp summing up, as at the end of a speech |
| 2. | biology Compare caenogenesis Also called: palingenesis the apparent repetition in the embryonic development of an animal of the changes that occurred during its evolutionary history |
| 3. | music the repeating of earlier themes, esp when forming the final section of a movement in sonata form |
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Word Origin & History
recapitulation
1388, "a summarizing," from O.Fr. recapitulacion (13c.), from L.L. recapitulationem (nom. recapitulatio), from recapitulatus, pp. of recapitulare "go over the main points of a thing again," lit. "restate by heads or chapters," from re- "again" + capitulum "main part" (see chapter).
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Example sentences
It's a recapitulation of the myths and legends that give rise to all those stories of excellence throughout our history.
He makes a recapitulation of the heresies he had confuted, and says that their novelty alone suffices to confound them.
Indeed, biology reveals a remarkable level of recapitulation throughout its putative history.
His recapitulation of presidential candidate debates often drove the national coverage.
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