recapitulation
noun
the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
recapitulatory
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a word derived from
recapitulation.
Example Sentences
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An uncompromisingly good cast fills in a sketchy plot and a recapitulatory final act.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poem is interspersed with introductory or recapitulatory Latin verses.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee
C. Recapitulation.—The third purpose of questioning may be described as recapitulatory.
From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Possibly the author, or one of his editors, somewhat loosely inserted a recapitulatory note concerning the scenery of this coasting voyage at this point.
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
It remains for us to give a rapid retrospective glance at the career we have traced, with a brief recapitulatory view of the subject.
From Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou
