recapitulate

verb3

1. •
   To summarize or repeat in concise form.

   • The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
   • We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.
2. •
   To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
3. •
   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.

   • Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development. — 1997