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recapitate Meaning & Definition

What Does Recapitate Mean?

As a verb, recapitate means To furnish with a head again; to reattach a head to.

Recapitate Definition (Verb)

  1. 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.

Synonyms of Recapitate

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Recapitate in a Sentence

The conservator-restorer was able to recapitate the fallen statue whose head had broken off.

Word Forms & Grammar

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

Origin of Recapitate

Blend of re- +‎ decapitate.

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