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recapitulate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recapitulate \Re*ca*pit"u*late\, v. t. [L. recapitulare, recapitulatum pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See {Capitulate}.] To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of to relate in brief; to summarize. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recapitulate \Re`ca*pit"u*late\, v. i. To sum up or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said to repeat briefly the substance. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recapitulate v 1: summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" [syn: {recap}] 2: repeat an earlier theme of a musical composition [syn: {reprise}, {repeat}]
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