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re⋅word

  [ree-wurd]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to put into other words: to reword a contract.
2. to repeat.
Origin:
1590–1600; re- + word
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re·word   (rē-wûrd')   
tr.v.   re·word·ed, re·word·ing, re·words

    1. To change the wording of.

    2. To state or express again in different words.

  2. To state or express again in the same words; repeat.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

reword 
"to express in other words," 1602, from re- "back, again" + word (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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