Recapitulate
[,riːkə'pɪtjʊleɪt] or ['rikə'pɪtʃə'let]
Definition
(verb.) summarize briefly; 'Let's recapitulate the main ideas'.
(verb.) repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Run over, sum up.
Typist: Vance
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Summarize, rehearse, enumerate, recite, repeat
ANT:State, deliver, propound
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- At the risk of telling a twice-told tale, I will recapitulate the facts as they were known to the public at the conclusion of the inquest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I shall now recapitulate what the police have done in the matter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I will now briefly recapitulate the foregoing cases. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Let us briefly recapitulate the eight elements of the Aryan Path. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Like Socrates, we may recapitulate the virtues of the philosopher. Plato. The Republic.
- He then shortly recapitulated the facts which have already been recorded. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He recapitulated the statements which Becky had made, pointed out the probabilities of their truth, and asserted his own firm belief in her innocence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As this whole volume is one long argument, it may be convenient to the reader to have the leading facts and inferences briefly recapitulated. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The imagination is not fed, but is held down to recapitulating, cataloguing, and refining what is already known. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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