re-explain en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English explain English re-explain From re- + explain.
Meanings
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To explain again or in a different way.
The story of simple Bernadette and the Lady of Lourdes, for an example of the readily transmutable quality of visionary rumors, has been re-explained as a UFO visitation. It has thus been recycled and hermeneutically reinterpreted to accommodate the unconscious content and symbolic needs of the more modern age.
2014, Brian Anse Patrick, Zombology: Zombies and the Decline of the West (and Guns), London: Arktos, →ISBN, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| re-explaining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reexplain | alternative | lexicographic | |
| re-explains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| reëxplain | alternative | lexicographic | |
| re-explained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| re-explained | Tense=Past | lexicographic |