recapitulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recapitulate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recapitulate v summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" Synonym(s): recapitulate, recap repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life repeat an earlier theme of a composition Synonym(s): reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recapitulate \Recapit"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`capit"ulate\, v. i. To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.