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Antonyms for recapitulate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪt



Definition of recapitulate

Origin :
  • 1560s, back-formation from recapitulation and also from Late Latin recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare. Related: Recapitulated; recapitulating.
  • verb go over something again
Example sentences :
  • He shook his head and mournfully began to recapitulate the day he had just spent.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Like Socrates, we may recapitulate the virtues of the philosopher.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • And here let me recapitulate—for there is no harm in repetition.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • So that there may be no misunderstandings, I will recapitulate.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He was impelled to recapitulate his injunctions; but he forbore.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He had left out the feminine element; obviously he must recapitulate.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
  • Let us now recapitulate the more prominent facts of this essay.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • Let us recapitulate the strange metamorphoses which I have sketched.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • Is it necessary to recapitulate all this, Monsieur Chauvelin?
  • Extract from : « The Elusive Pimpernel » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • "Let us recapitulate," said the captain, his glance beaming with earnestness.
  • Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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