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recapitulation

n.
UK //ɹɪkɐpˈɪtʃʊlˈeɪʃən// re·ca·pit·u·la·tion
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From Anglo-Norman recapitulaciun et al., Middle French recapitulacion et al., or their source, from Late Latin recapitulatio (“summing up, summary”), from the participle stem of recapitulare (“recapitulate”), from re- + capitulum (“chapter, section”), diminutive of caput (“head”).

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