ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Recapitate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Recapitate is a verb meaning (transitive) To furnish with a head again; to reattach a head to.

Meaning

(transitive) To furnish with a head again; to reattach a head to.

Example Sentences

He who has once been decapitated, can not be recapitated.
The conservator-restorer was able to recapitate the fallen statue whose head had broken off.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rehead, recapacitate, re-attach, recap, recapitulate, recaptivate.

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