Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recapitulate

Recapitulate (rē`kȧ*pit"u*lāt) , transitive verb

[Latin 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.

Recapitulate (rē`kȧ*pit"u*lāt) , intransitive verb

To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.