recapitulate
Pronunciation: /ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/
The English word “recapitulate” has 3 meanings listed here.
verb
- To summarize or repeat in concise form.
- To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
- 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.
Etymology
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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- recapitulationism
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