Definitions for recapitulates

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recapitulates re·ca·pit·u·late

Spelling: [ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt]

IPA: /ˌri kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪt/

Recapitulates is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 2489 anagrams from letters in recapitulates (aaceeilprsttu).

Definitions for recapitulates

verb (used with object)

1. to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
2. Biology. (of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development.
3. Music. to restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement.

verb (used without object)

1. to sum up statements or matters.

Origin of recapitulates

1560-70; Late Latin recapitulātus (past participle of recapitulāre), equivalent to re- re- + capitulātus; see capitulate

Examples for recapitulates

He had left out the feminine element; obviously he must recapitulate.

And here let me recapitulate—for there is no harm in repetition.

Let us recapitulate the strange metamorphoses which I have sketched.

Let us now recapitulate the more prominent facts of this essay.

Is it necessary to recapitulate all this, Monsieur Chauvelin?

He shook his head and mournfully began to recapitulate the day he had just spent.

He was impelled to recapitulate his injunctions; but he forbore.

"Let us recapitulate," said the captain, his glance beaming with earnestness.

So that there may be no misunderstandings, I will recapitulate.

Like Socrates, we may recapitulate the virtues of the philosopher.