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recapitating

recapitating is the present participle and gerund of recapitate.

Meaning of recapitate

Verb

recapitate (third-person singular simple present recapitates, present participle recapitating, simple past and past participle recapitated)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a head again; to reattach a head to.
    • The conservator-restorer was able to recapitate the fallen statue whose head had broken off.

Questions about recapitating

What is recapitating the present participle and gerund of?
Recapitating is the present participle and gerund of recapitate.

Words near recapitating in the dictionary

  1. recapitalizes
  2. recapitalizing
  3. recapitate
  4. recapitated
  5. recapitates
  6. recapitating
  7. recapitulant
  8. recapitulate
  9. recapitulated
  10. recapitulates
  11. recapitulateth

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