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(key): /ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/
Verb
recapitulate (third-person singular simple present recapitulates, present participle recapitulating, simple past and past participle recapitulated)
- To summarize or repeat in concise form.
- The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
- (biology, of an organism) During an individual's development, to pass through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
- 1997, G. A. Bray, "Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding," Obesity Research, vol. 5, no. 3 (May), p. 272:
- Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.
- 1997, G. A. Bray, "Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding," Obesity Research, vol. 5, no. 3 (May), p. 272:
Synonyms
- (to summarize or repeat in concise form): recap, sum up
Derived terms
- ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
- recapitulation
- recapitulative
- recapitulatory
Translations
to summarize or repeat in concise form
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to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism
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Further reading
- recapitulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- recapitulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “recapitulate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Anagrams
- catapleurite
Latin
Verb
recapitulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of recapitulō