recapitulate

  • 11recapitulate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Late Latin recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare to restate by heads, sum up, from Latin re + capitulum division of a book more at chapter Date: 1556 transitive verb 1. a. to restate briefly ; summarize …

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  • 12recapitulate — /ree keuh pich euh layt /, v., recapitulated, recapitulating. v.t. 1. to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize. 2. Biol. (of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development. 3.… …

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  • 13recapitulate — verb /riːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/ a) to summarize or repeat in concise form The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars. b) to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny …

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  • 14recapitulate — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 15recapitulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. summarize, restate, review, rehearse, recap (inf.). See repetition, description. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. restate, sum up, reiterate, recap*; see repeat 3 , summarize . See Synonym Study at repeat …

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  • 16recapitulate — re|ca|pit|u|late [ˌri:kəˈpıtʃuleıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of recapitulare to restate by headings , from Latin capitulum division of a book ] formal to repeat the main points of something that has… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17recapitulate — re|ca|pit|u|late [ ,rikə pıtʃə,leıt ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL to RECAP ╾ re|ca|pit|u|la|tion [ ,rikəpıtʃə leıʃn ] noun count or uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18recapitulate — v. summarize, conclude, sum upre·ca·pit·u·late || ‚rɪːkÉ™ pɪtʃəleɪt / tʃʊl …

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  • 19recapitulate — [ˌri:kə pɪtjʊleɪt] verb 1》 summarize and state again the main points of. 2》 Biology repeat (an evolutionary or other process) during development and growth. Derivatives recapitulatory adjective Origin C16: from late L. recapitulat gone through… …

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  • 20recapitulate — v. a. Repeat, reiterate, rehearse, recite, run over, sum up, give a summary of …

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