Recapitulate1. (v. t.) To restate in concise form; to summarize briefly; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.
2. (v. i.) To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
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