👉 A recapitulatory is a type of verb that, when used with a prepositional phrase to describe an action or state, indicates that it has already been done once. It can be used in a variety of contexts and often refers to something that has already happened but not yet been fully understood or realized. For example: 1. "I had lunch yesterday." (This sentence is a recapitulatory because the speaker has already eaten lunch.) 2. "She wrote an essay last year."