RECAPITULATE


Meaning of RECAPITULATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrē-kə-ˈpi-chə-ˌlāt ]

verb

( -lat·ed ; -lat·ing )

Etymology: Late Latin recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare to restate by heads, sum up, from Latin re- + capitulum division of a book — more at chapter

Date: 1556

transitive verb

1.

a. : to restate briefly : summarize

b. : to give new form or expression to

2. : to repeat the principal stages or phases of

the view that ontogeny recapitulate s phylogeny

intransitive verb

: sum up

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.