| capitula | (noun) a short scripture reading; done after a psalmody. | - |
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| capitular | (adjective) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | Synonyms: capitulary |
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| capitulary | (adjective) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | Synonyms: capitular |
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| capitulate | (verb) surrender under agreed conditions | - |
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| capitulation | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: fall, surrender |
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| (noun) a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic | - |
| (noun) a document containing the terms of surrender | - |
| capitulum | (noun) a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: ear, spike |
| (noun) an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree | - |
| decrepitude | (noun) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use | Synonyms: dilapidation |
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| (noun) The quality or state of being wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age. | - |
| hyperpituitarism | (noun) excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone) | - |
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| pituitary | (adjective) of or relating to the pituitary gland | - |
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| (noun) the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain | Synonyms: hypophysis, pituitary body, pituitary gland |
| recapitulate | (verb) summarize briefly | Synonyms: recap |
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| (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: repeat, reprise, reprize |
| (verb) repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life | - |
| recapitulation | (noun) (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) | - |
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| (noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recap, review |
| (noun) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated | - |
| (noun) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | Synonyms: palingenesis |
| turpitude | (noun) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | Synonyms: depravity |
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