restate

[ree-steyt]

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verb (used with object), re·stat·ed, re·stat·ing.

to state again or in a new way.

Origin of restate

First recorded in 1705–15; re- + state

Related formsre·state·ment, noun

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Related Words for restatement

reiteration, rehash, explanation, summary, rendering, version, rendition, translation, digest, rephrasing, iteration, regularity, frequency, repetitiveness, habituation, intermittence, reoccurrence

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Historical Examples of restatement

But this is not an explanation, merely a restatement of the fact.
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Yet a restatement of policy, no matter how specific, was not enough.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
These paragraphs are really a restatement of a passage in the Dissertation.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Norman Kemp Smith
All these assertions call for later modification and restatement.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Norman Kemp Smith
Let us fix them in memory by a restatement and an enumeration.
The Story of Chautauqua
Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

British Dictionary definitions for restatement

restate

verb

(tr) to state or affirm again or in a new way

Derived Formsrestatement, noun

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Word Origin and History for restatement

1785, from restate + -ment.

restate

also re-state, 1713, from re- + state (v.). Related: Restated; restating.