recapitulate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare (“to go over the main points of a thing again”), from Latin re- (“again”) + capitulum (“a head, main part, chapter”); see capitulate.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK) IPA: /riːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/

Verb

recapitulate (third-person singular simple present recapitulates, present participle recapitulating, simple past and past participle recapitulated)

1. to summarize or repeat in concise form

   The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.

2. to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development

   Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

Synonyms

• (to summarize or repeat in concise form): recap, sum up

Translations

to summarize or repeat in concise form

• Dutch: samenvatten (nl)
• Finnish: tehdä yhteenveto
• Irish: achoimrigh (ga)
• Japanese: 要約する (ja) (yōyaku suru)

• Portuguese: recapitular (pt)
• Romanian: recapitula (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-innis (gd)

to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development

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• Mandarin: 概述 (gaishu)
• French: récapituler
• German: rekapitulieren
• Italian: ricapitolare

• Korean: 요약한 위하여 (yoyakhan wihayeo)
• Latin: recapitulare
• Spanish: recapitular

External links

• recapitulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• recapitulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

recapitulāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of recapitulō