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   Re·ca·pit·u·late

   /ˌrēkəˈpiCHəˌlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. summarize and state again the main points of: "he began to recapitulate his argument with care"
   • ▪ repeat (an evolutionary or other process) during development and growth: "many features of regeneration in the peripheral nervous system recapitulate development"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from late Latin recapitulat- ‘gone through heading by heading’, from re- ‘again’ + capitulum ‘chapter’ (diminutive of caput ‘head’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. recapitulatory adjective
   • 2. recapitulative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   • A

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   • I

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   • L

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