n. 1 the act or an instance of recapitulating. 2 Biol. the reappearance in embryos of successive type-forms in the evolutionary line of development. 3 Mus. part of a movement, esp. in sonata form, in which themes from the exposition are restated.
[ ME f. OF recapitulation or LL recapitulatio (as RECAPITULATE) ]