recapitulate

[ ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt ]

See synonyms for: recapitulate recapitulated on Thesaurus.com

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

First recorded in 1560–70; from Late Latin recapitulātus (past participle of recapitulāre), equivalent to re-re- + capitulātus;see capitulate

synonym study For recapitulate

1. See repeat.

Words that may be confused with recapitulate

capitulate, recapitulate

Words Nearby recapitulate

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How to use recapitulate in a sentence

Still, he pointed out, scientists are recapitulating the brain’s visual processing power with computations in more detail, potentially leading to better visual processing in AI.
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Rather, it’s to recapitulate our nervous system, from input to output, inside the controlled environment of a Petri dish.
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Two, we have the mega computational powerhouse called machine learning to recapitulate biology in silicon.
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He had left out the feminine element; obviously he must recapitulate.
Wayside Courtships | Hamlin Garland
It will be needless here to recapitulate the tale of Rip van Winkle himself.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland

Let me, therefore, recapitulate the results of the investigations contained in this and the two preceding chapters.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
It was his supreme ambition to recapitulate modern science, to write the De natura rerum of our age!
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert
I will not recapitulate: the cases I have cited, and the conclusions drawn from them, are brought into a very narrow compass.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XI. (of 12) | Edmund Burke

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)

Origin of recapitulate

C16: from Late Latin recapitulāre, literally: to put back under headings; see capitulate

Derived forms of recapitulate

recapitulative or recapitulatory, adjective

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