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Restate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To state again or in a new form. See Synonyms at repeat.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to state again (without changing)

v. to state differently; to rephrase syn.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To state anew.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To state again: as, to restate a charge.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. to say, state, or perform again

Word Usage

"[F.rmer Reagan administration attorney general Edwin] Meese said the statement is intended to "restate" and "update" the Sharon Statement, a 1960 manifesto of the group Young Americans for F.eedom on the limits of government and evil of Communism published in William F. Buckley's National Review, which many view as a founding document of modern conservatism."

Verb Form

restated restates restating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tell

Cross Reference

paraphrase

Hyponym

harp summarise dwell interpret perseverate rephrase reword render cite resume

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

state reword recapitulate rephrase

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Ate Cate Est Fate Haight Iwate Kate Kuwait Nate Solid-state