recapitulate
verb (used with object)
to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
were recapitulating
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past progressiveof recapitulate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were recapitulating their early struggles, and Mr. Coombes had just been making a financial statement.
From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
"The facts of the case are these," he said, as if he were recapitulating what had gone before in his mind.
From In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
