recapitate

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verb

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.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person recapitates · participle present recapitating · participle past recapitated · past recapitated

  1. transitiveTo 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.

    1 more example

    He who has once been decapitated, can not be recapitated.

    1973, Samael Aun Weor, Aztec Christic Magic, →ISBN, page 33

Origin

Blend of re- + decapitate.

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APA

recapitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recapitate

MLA

“recapitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recapitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recapitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recapitate.

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