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redescribed

redescribed is the simple past and past participle of redescribe.

Meaning of redescribe

Verb

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

  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

Questions about redescribed

What is redescribed the simple past and past participle of?
Redescribed is the simple past and past participle of redescribe.

Words near redescribed in the dictionary

  1. redescending
  2. redescends
  3. redescent
  4. redescents
  5. redescribe
  6. redescribed
  7. redescriber
  8. redescribers
  9. redescribes
  10. redescribing
  11. redescription

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