redescribe

verb

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re·de·scribe | \ ˌrē-di-ˈskrīb

redescribed; redescribing; redescribes

Definition of redescribe

transitive verb

: to describe anew or again especially : to give a new and more complete description to (a biological taxon)

Examples of redescribe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Her own project is not to erase those incisions—or even, as a child might hope, to heal them—but to retrace and redescribe them. — Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021

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