recapitulate
verb (used with object)
to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
recapitulating
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present participleof recapitulate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Her attorney wrote back Wednesday, recapitulating her defense that this was an “inadvertent oversight,” since Ms. Cook sought the mortgage for a “Vacation Home,” and the lender knew where she actually lived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Animal models for Parkinson's disease have provided some insight into Parkinsons disease, however as rodents do not naturally develop Parkinson's disease, animal studies proved unsatisfactory in recapitulating hallmark features of the disease.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
They recast events the reader already knows something about, lending the novel a sense of perpetual circling and recapitulating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
“It’s always a question when we’re trying to model disease using rodents: Are we really recapitulating the changes that are observed in humans?”
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 6, 2021
Hume, in distinguishing relations of ideas from matters of fact, is recapitulating the fundamental intellectual conflict which gave rise to the Scientific Revolution.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
