Definition of "recapitulate" in English

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.

   • The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
   • We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.

2. (transitive) To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).

3. (transitive, biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.