单词 | recapitulate |
释义 | recapitulate /ree'keuh pich"euh layt'/, v. , recapitulated, recapitulating. v.t. 1. to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize. 2. Biol. (of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development. 3. Music. to restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement. v.i. 4. to sum up statements or matters. [1560-70; < LL recapitulatus (ptp. of recapitulare), equiv. to re- RE- + capitulatus; see CAPITULATE] Syn. 1. See repeat. |
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