'Recapitulate' definitions:

Definition of 'recapitulate'

(from WordNet)
verb
Summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" [syn: recapitulate, recap]
verb
Repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
verb
Repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate]

Definition of 'Recapitulate'

From: GCIDE
  • Recapitulate \Re`ca*pit"u*late\ (r[=e]`k[.a]*p[i^]t"[-u]*l[=a]t), v. i. To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Recapitulate'

From: GCIDE
  • Recapitulate \Re*ca*pit"u*late\ (r[=e]`k[.a]*p[i^]t"[-u]*l[=a]t), 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. [1913 Webster]

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