Dictionary entry

Recapitulate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐ca‐pit″u‐late (–pĭt″ū̍‐lāt), v. t. [L. recapitulare, recapitulatum; pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate.] To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.