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re phrase
re·phrase
/
riˈfreɪz
/
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[
ree-
freyz
]
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verb (used with object),
re·phrased,
re·phras·ing.
to
phrase
again or differently:
He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
Origin:
1890–95;
re-
+
phrase
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rephrase
(riːˈfreɪz)
—
vb
(
tr
) to phrase again, esp so as to express more clearly
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
rephrase
1895, from re- "back, again" + phrase (v.) (see
phrase
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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