redescribe

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ describe.

Verb

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redescribe (third-person singular simple present redescribes, present participle redescribing, simple past and past participle redescribed)

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

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Verb

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redescribe

  1. inflection of redescribir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative