My English-Japanee dictionary does not carry "Recapitation". Could you tell me the meaning of this word?
Thanks
2007-06-23 13:05:00 · 6 answers · asked by Taro K 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i would venture that it is not so much derived from decapitate as from recap, and so doing a recap or a summary would be to recap and someone doing it would be doing a recapitation. otherwise, if it doesnt fit the context, i would say like the queen in alice in wonderland, "off with their heads"
recapitulation might have something to do with it here.
2007-06-23 13:20:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would mean the restoration of a head that had been previously removed. There is mention of this in the Irish hagiography ( the lives of Irish saints). It is seen as a metaphor for the Church preserving itself intact.
Other than that, you may have misread the word. It could be recap-itula-tion which is a restating of the subject or argument or decapitation which is the removal of one's head.
I have never heard of the word recapitation before you asked & thought I had an extensive vocabulary.
2007-06-23 21:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by SuZie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
re- = prefix for "again" in Latin
cap/capit = head in Latin
-ation = suffix for an action
Decapitation means "to take off the head" [read "chop your head off"]
Recapitation might mean "to put the head back on again[after a decapitation?!]"
Decapitated means "the head has been chopped off"
Seems like the case that happened in New York in 2005, where a drunk driver got a girl's head chopped off. Or something from a TV show called "CSI: New York"
gruesome
2007-06-23 20:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by bryan_q 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reattaching someone's head?
2007-06-23 20:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm. to reattach someones severed head?
2007-06-23 20:12:38 · answer #5 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not exist.
Sorry dude
2007-06-23 20:12:55 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Gonzo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋