recapitulate

intransitive verb

To repeat in concise form.

intransitive verb

To appear to repeat (the evolutionary stages of the species) during the embryonic development of the individual organism.

intransitive verb

To make a summary.

To repeat, as the principal things mentioned in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay; give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; mention or relate in brief.

Synonyms Recapitulate, Repeat, Recite, Rehearse, Reiterate. Recapitulate is a precise word, applying to the formal or exact naming of points that have been with some exactness named before: as, it is often well after an extended argument, to recapitulate the heads. In this it differs from repeat, recite, rehearse, which are freer in their use. To reiterate is to say a thing a second time or oftener.

To repeat in brief what has already been said.

intransitive verb

To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.

transitive verb

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.

verb

to summarize or repeat in concise form

verb

to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development