'Recapitulate' definitions:
Definition of 'recapitulate'
From: WordNet
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]
Synonyms of 'recapitulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- add up,
- battologize,
- bob,
- boil down,
- capsulize,
- cast up,
- cipher up,
- clip,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- count up,
- crop,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- detail,
- dock,
- elide,
- enumerate,
- epitomize,
- figure up,
- fill,
- foot up,
- foreshorten,
- give an encore,
- go over,
- go through,
- inventory,
- itemize,
- iterate,
- list,
- mow,
- nip,
- pad,
- poll,
- pollard,
- practice,
- prune,
- reaffirm,
- reap,
- reassert,
- recap,
- recite,
- reckon up,
- recount,
- reduce,
- rehash,
- rehearse,
- reissue,
- reiterate,
- relate,
- repeat,
- reprint,
- restate,
- resume,
- retail,
- retell,
- retrench,
- review,
- reword,
- run over,
- say over,
- say over again,
- score up,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- snub,
- stunt,
- sum,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- summate,
- synopsize,
- take in,
- tally up,
- tautologize,
- telescope,
- tot up,
- total,
- total up,
- tote up,
- trim,
- truncate