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synonyms for recapitulation

  • peroration
  • summary
  • reprise
See also synonyms for: recapitulatory
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How to use recapitulation in a sentence

The events which succeeded this fortunate capture are too well known to require more than a very brief recapitulation.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
Who has patience for the recapitulation of a string of names, when a group of faces may be placed simultaneously before him?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
Mr. Hume entered at considerable length into a recapitulation of the past and present grievances of the Canadians.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLAN
Little comment is needed on this final section; there is a recapitulation of the sins of Aholah and Aholibah.
THE PROPHET EZEKIELARNO C. GAEBELEIN
This theory of race recapitulation as applied to the succeeding stages of boyhood may be somewhat more poetic than scientific.
THE MINISTER AND THE BOYALLAN HOBEN
It would be a recapitulation of a great part of the New Testament, to shew the exact method in which this prophecy was fulfilled.
JESUS, THE MESSIAH; OR, THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES FULFILLED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES(A LADY) ANONYMOUS
The recapitulation theory makes the child pass through the evolutionary stages of the nation or nations he represents.
THE MASTER-KNOT OF HUMAN FATEELLIS MEREDITH
The superintendent gave a brief recapitulation of the steps he had taken since he left London.
THE GRELL MYSTERYFRANK FROEST
It is interesting to note a formulation in somewhat confused language of the recapitulation theory.
FORM AND FUNCTIONE. S. (EDWARD STUART) RUSSELL
Their theory of recapitulation led them to conceive evolution as the developmental history of the one great organism.
FORM AND FUNCTIONE. S. (EDWARD STUART) RUSSELL
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO RECAPITULATION

  • abridgment
  • abstract
  • brief
  • compendium
  • condensation
  • conspectus
  • contraction
  • digest
  • précis
  • recapitulation
  • résumé
  • summary
  • summation
  • syllabus
  • synopsis
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