different between narrate vs recapitulate

English

Etymology

In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n???e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?næ?e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

narrate (third-person singular simple present narrates, present participle narrating, simple past and past participle narrated)

1. (transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

   Synonym: tell

2. To give an account. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Synonym: report

Derived terms

• aforenarrated

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Verb 1

narrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of narrare
2. second-person plural imperative of narrare

Verb 2

narrate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of narrare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /na?r?ra?.te/, [nä?r?rä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nar?ra.te/, [n?r?r??t??]

Verb

n?rr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of n?rr?

Participle

n?rr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of n?rr?tus

English

Etymology

From Late Latin recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare (“to go over the main points of a thing again”), from Latin re- (“again”) + capitulum (“a head, main part, chapter”); see capitulate.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK) IPA^(key): /?i?k??p?t??le?t/

Verb

recapitulate (third-person singular simple present recapitulates, present participle recapitulating, simple past and past participle recapitulated)

1. To summarize or repeat in concise form.

   The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.

2. (biology, of an organism) During an individual's development, to pass through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
   • 1997, G. A. Bray, "Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding," Obesity Research, vol. 5, no. 3 (May), p. 272:

     Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.

3. To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).

Synonyms

• (to summarize or repeat in concise form): recap, sum up

Derived terms

Related Words

• capitulate

Translations

Further reading

• recapitulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• recapitulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “recapitulate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• catapleurite

Latin

Verb

recapitul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of recapitul?