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redescribe en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English describe English redescribe From re- + describe.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To describe again.
    • To fail to narrativize one's own life, to fail to redescribe oneself, Rorty suggests, is to fail to be fully human. 2012, Richard A. Gilmore, Doing Philosophy at the Movies, page 9:

Forms

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redescribed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redescribed Tense=Past lexicographic
redescribes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
redescribing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

redescriber

Synonyms

respecify · redefine · restate