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recapitulating

verb

Meaning

  1. To summarize or repeat in concise form.
  2. (of an organism) During an individual's development, to pass through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
  3. To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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