redescribe

redescribe

English

Etymology

re- +‎ describe

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• redefine
• restate
• respecify

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Spanish

Verb

redescribe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of redescribir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of redescribir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of redescribir.