From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], past participle of [la], from [la], from [la]; see [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To summarize or repeat in concise form.
2. [en] To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
3. [en] [en] To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
4. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1997 | author=G. A. Bray | title=Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding | journal=Obesity Research | volume=5 | number=3 | month=May | page=272
|passage=Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for
embryological studies and the idea that fetal development RECAPITULATES the
steps of phylogenetic development.}}
**** Synonyms
- [to summarize or repeat in concise form] [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en |ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny |recapitulation |recapitulative
|recapitulatory }}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to summarize or repeat in concise form]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] [scholarly] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] [according to Ernst Haeckel, Biogenetische Grundregel]
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- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Mandarin: [cmn]
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**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:Etymonline]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [recapitular]