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To tell again.

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Manner of action 12

Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ditto 76% connected

The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dwell 76% connected

To delay; to linger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Harp 76% connected

A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.

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Interpret 76% connected

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Paraphrase 76% connected

A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller e…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quote 76% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Resume 76% connected

A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reword 76% connected

To repeat in the same words; to reecho.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Summarize 76% connected

To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Translate 76% connected

To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree.

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Re-create 76% connected

To create or form anew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recreate 76% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Ingeminate 92% connected

Redoubled; repeated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Iterate 92% connected

Uttered or done again; repeated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recite 92% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reiterate 92% connected

To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repeat 92% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Restate 92% connected

To state anew.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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