redescribe

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verb

To describe again.

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redefinerestaterespecify
OriginEnglish describe ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person redescribes · participle present redescribing · participle past redescribed · past redescribed

  1. transitiveTo 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

    Synonyms: redefine, restate, respecify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo describe again.

Similar
redefinerestaterespecify

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdescribe
  7. Englishredescribe

From re- + describe.

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APA

redescribe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redescribe

MLA

“redescribe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redescribe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redescribe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redescribe.

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