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redescribing

redescribing is the present participle and gerund 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 redescribing

What is redescribing the present participle and gerund of?
Redescribing is the present participle and gerund of redescribe.

Words near redescribing in the dictionary

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

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