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redescribes

redescribes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 redescribes

What is redescribes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Redescribes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of redescribe.

Words near redescribes in the dictionary

  1. redescents
  2. redescribe
  3. redescribed
  4. redescriber
  5. redescribers
  6. redescribes
  7. redescribing
  8. redescription
  9. redescriptions
  10. Redesdale
  11. redesertion

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