recapitate

English

Etymology

Blend of re- +‎ decapitate

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) 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.
    • 1973, Samael Aun Weor, Aztec Christic Magic, →ISBN, page 33:
      He who has once been decapitated, can not be recapitated.

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

recapitate

  1. inflection of recapitare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

recapitate f pl

  1. feminine plural of recapitato
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