What does recapitulate mean?
Definitions for recapitulate
ˌri kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪtre·ca·pit·u·late
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Princeton's WordNet
recapitulate, recapverb
summarize briefly
"Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
recapitulateverb
repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulateverb
repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Wiktionary
recapitulateverb
to summarize or repeat in concise form
The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
recapitulateverb
to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
Etymology: From recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare, from re- + capitulum; see capitulate.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To RECAPITULATEverb
To repeat again distinctly; to detail again.
Etymology: recapituler, Fr. re and capitulum, Lat.
Hylobares judiciously and resentingly recapitulates your main reasonings. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.
I have been forced to recapitulate these things, because mankind is not more liable to deceit, than it is willing to continue in a pleasing error. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
ChatGPT
recapitulate
To recapitulate means to summarize or state again the main points of something, typically for clarification or emphasis. It can also refer to the repetition of an evolutionary or other process during the development or growth phase.
Webster Dictionary
Recapitulateverb
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
Recapitulateverb
to sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance
Etymology: [L. recapitulare, recapitulatum; pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Recapitulate
rē-ka-pit′ū-lāt, v.t. to go over again the chief points of anything.—n. Recapitūlā′tion, act of recapitulating: a summary of the main points of a preceding speech, treatise, &c.—adjs. Recapit′ūlātive; Recapit′ūlātory, repeating again: containing a recapitulation. [L. recapitulāre, -ātum—re-, again, capitulum—caput, head.]
Editors Contribution
RECAPITULATE
summarize and state again the main points of
Submitted by rinat on December 17, 2019
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of recapitulate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of recapitulate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of recapitulate in a Sentence
Although I know there are some people interested in potentially resurrecting this species, I think we have a long way to go before we would be able to actually do this, it would require significant time and financial resources to not only recapitulate its genome, but also establish the required host plants for the larvae and native symbiotic ants. During this time of a global insect decline, I would prefer to see our resources put towards saving those species already endangered or protecting critical habitat.
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- لخصArabic
- seurata, [[tehdä]] [[yhteenveto]], rekapituloida, vetää yhteenFinnish
- achoimrighIrish
- ath-innisScottish Gaelic
- पुनरावृत्ति करनाHindi
- 要約するJapanese
- samenvattenDutch
- recapitularPortuguese
- recapitulaRomanian
- தொகுத்துரைTamil
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