Reexpress

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To present an idea or message in another form for better understanding
2. To communicate the same thought or information using different words or forms for clarity
3. To put an existing idea into alternative terms to enhance comprehension

Etymology: "Reexpress" is a plain formation: the prefix "re-" ("again, anew") attached to "express," so the word means to express something once more, in new words. The verb "express" came into English through Old French from Latin "exprimere," meaning "to press out," a sense that survives in its older uses for squeezing juice or pressing out liquid. From that physical image of pressing meaning out, "express" came to mean putting a thought into words. The "re-" prefix has a longer pedigree than the English word it sits on. It descends from the same Latin "re-" that appears in words like "repeat" and "return," and English has used it freely to form new verbs from existing ones. "Reexpress" is one of the many such formations in which the prefix simply adds the idea of doing something a second time, here restating an idea in different wording for clarity.

Synonyms: restate, rephrase, reword, reinterpret, reiterate