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recapitulate.

To summarize or repeat in concise form.

12 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/Canada, UK
  1. To summarize or repeat in concise form.

    ambitransitive
    The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
    We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.
  2. To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).

    transitive
  3. 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.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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