Talk:recapitulate

This definition cannot be correct, according to the quoted statement. If the definition were correct, the verb would be intransitive, and so the quote would have read: "Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates." —DIV (1.145.91.247 07:56, 5 November 2022 (UTC))
 * 1)  During an individual's development, to pass through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
 * 2) * 1997, G. A. Bray, "Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding," Obesity Research, vol. 5, no. 3 (May), p. 272:
 * Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.