reëxplain

present singular third person reëxplains · participle present reëxplaining · participle past reëxplained · past reëxplained

1. rareRare spelling of re-explain.

   After a human activity has been explained in terms of motive, why reëxplain it in terms of energy?

   1907, Edward Alsworth Ross, Foundations of Sociology, New York: The Mason Press, page 150

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   “Really, old man, I would like to hear Carlyle Ayers, if you could— You see,” Charlie made haste to reëxplain, “Sam and he were such good friends in school, and I’ve known Sam—why, just like a brother, you might say, for going on close to two years. Is that WQY singing now?”

   1927, Paul Deresco Augsburg, On the Air, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 135