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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recapitulate \Re*ca*pit"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`ca*pit"u*late\, v. i.
To sum up or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been
previously said to repeat briefly the substance.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
recapitulate
v 1: summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" [syn:
{recap}]
2: repeat an earlier theme of a musical composition [syn: {reprise},
{repeat}]
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