recapitulate
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recapitulate
- /ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/ Canada, UK
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From Late Latin recapitulātus, past participle of recapitulāre (“to go over the main points of a thing again”), from re- (“again”) + capitulum (“head, main part, chapter”), from caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix); see capitulate. By surface analysis, re- + capitulate.
verb recapitulates · recapitulating · recapitulated
- To summarize or repeat in concise form. The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
- To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function). Being the Joshua/Atonement stanza of this cycle, the fact that the seven steps seem to recapitulate (or precapitulate?) the pattern of dominion is interesting. Situated at the very “gate” of Canaan, was this offer a temptation to be resisted like the plunder of Jericho (Joshua 6:18), or was it sin c
- To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development. Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.
Similar: abridge, abstract, capsule, concise, docket, encapsulate, epitomize, gist, nutshell, outline, précis, recapitulate, redact, run over, run through, summarize, sum, synopsize, tl;dr, wrap up · Opposite: expound, spell out
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verb to summarize or repeat in concise form
| Español | recapitular |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 요약하다 yoyakhada |
| 日本語 | 要約する yōyaku suru |
| 中文 | 摘要 zhāiyào, 提要 tíyào, 擇要 /择要 zéyào, 小結 /小结 xiǎojié, 總結 /总结 zǒngjié, 歸結 /归结 guījié |
| Português | recapitular |
| Français | récapituler |
| Deutsch | rekapitulieren, zusammenfassen, wiederholen, sich vergegenwärtigen (noch einmal) |
| Română | recapitula |
| Русский | подыто́живать podytóživatʹ, подыто́жить podytóžitʹ |
| العربية | لَخَّصَ laḵḵaṣa |
Talk about this word "recapitulate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/recapitulate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. recapitulate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/recapitulate "recapitulate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/recapitulate.Cite this
@misc{recapitulate_2026,
title = {recapitulate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recapitulate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
