recapitulate
[ ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt ]
/ ˌri kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪt /
verb (used with object), re·ca·pit·u·lated, re·ca·pit·u·lat·ing.
to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
Biology.
(of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development.
Music.
to restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement.
verb (used without object), re·ca·pit·u·lated, re·ca·pit·u·lat·ing.
to sum up statements or matters.
Origin of recapitulate
1560–70; < Late Latin
recapitulātus (past participle of
recapitulāre), equivalent to
re-
re- +
capitulātus; see
capitulate
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH recapitulate
capitulate recapitulateWords nearby recapitulate
recanalization,
recant,
recap,
recapitalization,
recapitalize,
recapitulate,
recapitulation,
recapitulation theory,
recaption,
recapture,
recarburize
Example sentences from the Web for recapitulate
British Dictionary definitions for recapitulate
recapitulate
/ (ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt) /
verb
to restate the main points of (an argument, speech, etc); summarize
(tr)
(of an animal) to repeat (stages of its evolutionary development) during the embryonic stages of its life
to repeat at some point during a piece of music (material used earlier in the same work)
Derived forms of recapitulate
recapitulative or recapitulatory, adjectiveWord Origin for recapitulate
C16: from Late Latin
recapitulāre, literally: to put back under headings; see
capitulate