Recapitulated

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Repeated the main ideas or points in a concise form to reinforce understanding
2. Presented a brief overview of the key information once more to clarify and emphasize
3. Restated the essential details succinctly to recap important aspects clearly

Etymology: "Recapitulated" is the past tense of "recapitulate," and its core image is literally of the head. Latin "caput" meant "head," and "capitulum" was its diminutive, a little head, which came to mean a section or chapter of a text, as a head or main part organizes a body. Late Latin built "recapitulare" from "re-" ("again") plus "capitulum," so the verb meant to go back over the main points of something, like running a finger back along the chapter headings. The Latin roots also explain a seemingly unrelated English word. "Capitulate," to surrender on agreed terms, comes from the same "capitulum," since medieval agreements were drawn up under headings or articles, and that is why the two verbs look like relatives. Recapitulation therefore gathers the main heads of an argument again so the listener can hold them in mind.

Synonyms: summarized, reiterated, restated, rehashed