rare. [Gr. ἀνακεφαλαίωσις, n. of action f. ἀνακεφαλαιό-ειν to recapitulate, f. ἀνά back + κεφαλή head. Cf. Fr. anacephaléose.] ‘Recapitulation, or summary of the principal heads of a discourse.’ J.
1650. Bulwer, Anthropomet., Pref. A through-description … being indeed an Anacepheliosis of the whole book.
1666. J. Smith, Old Age, 248 (T.). As hath been said and is resumed in the following Anacephalæosis.
1721. in Bailey.
