To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.
(biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
To summarize or repeat in concise form.
To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).