Definition for RE-CA-PIT'U-LATE

RE-CA-PIT'U-LATE, v.t. [Fr. recapituler; It. raccopitolare; re and L. capitulum. See Capitulate.]

To repeat the principal things mentioned in a preceding discourse, argument or essay; to give a summary of the principal fares, points or arguments. – Dryden.

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