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recapitulative

recapitulative adjective: pertaining to, or characterized by recapitulation.

Adjective

recapitulative (comparative more recapitulative, superlative most recapitulative)

  1. Pertaining to, or characterized by recapitulation.

Forms of recapitulative

comparativemore recapitulative
superlativemost recapitulative

Origin of recapitulative

From recapitulate + -ive.

Questions about recapitulative

What does recapitulative mean?
Recapitulative means pertaining to, or characterized by recapitulation.
What part of speech is recapitulative?
Recapitulative is an adjective.

Words near recapitulative in the dictionary

  1. recapitulation theory
  2. recapitulationism
  3. recapitulationist
  4. recapitulationists
  5. recapitulations
  6. recapitulative
  7. recapitulator
  8. recapitulators
  9. recapitulatory
  10. recappable
  11. recapped

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