Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To state again or in a new form. synonym: repeat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To state again: as, to
restate a charge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To state anew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
state again (without changing) - verb to
state differently; torephrase syn.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to say, state, or perform again
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Examples
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I would again restate my argument that no Libertarian has been able to answer.
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Restatements are secondary sources that seek to "restate" the legal rules that constitute the common law in a particular area into a series of principles or rules.
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Why was there a need to "restate" part of the Constitution? by Corey Mondello on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 5: 25: 26 AM
House Un-American Activity - San Diego County Representatives 2008
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[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.
Charlottesville Blogs Rick Sincere 2010
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Tom, we'll kind of restate what we've said previously that we're watching the rate of inflation, rail inflation and we're very comfortable and confident that our pricing will exceed our rate of rail inflation going forward.
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Obama says he's sure Sotomayor would "restate" her views (which technically means she would repeat the same idea in different words).
City 2009
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Possibly the President will come out and say that North Korea will "restate" their statement,
PoliticalDerby.com 2009
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This is the second time this month that Tag Heuer has had to "restate" an earlier announcement.
Luxist 2009
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But as it turns out, that estimate is way low, because the city's about to "restate" the liability at a much higher number.
Jack Bog's Blog 2008
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Clarification: I should restate that I did see some of the movies I've queued up for streaming.
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