Definitions
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- verb To give a new or different
definition to aword - verb computing to
define an area ofstorage , that has already been defined, in a different manner (e.g. both as character and numeric) - to allow multiple processing methods
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give a new or different definition of (a word)
- verb give a new or different definition to
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Examples
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Gay marriage proponents want to redefine a word, marriage, and grab ahold of the hundreds of legal protections and financial incentives that are granted with a marriage license.
Overturning Catholic Moral Teaching on Homosexuality: Are Salzman And Lawler Right? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Gay marriage proponents want to redefine a word, marriage, and grab ahold of the hundreds of legal protections and financial incentives that are granted with a marriage license.
Overturning Catholic Moral Teaching on Homosexuality: Are Salzman And Lawler Right? Clay Chiles 2010
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Gay marriage proponents want to redefine a word, marriage, and grab ahold of the hundreds of legal protections and financial incentives that are granted with a marriage license.
Overturning Catholic Moral Teaching on Homosexuality: Are Salzman And Lawler Right? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Gay marriage proponents want to redefine a word, marriage, and grab ahold of the hundreds of legal protections and financial incentives that are granted with a marriage license.
Overturning Catholic Moral Teaching on Homosexuality: Are Salzman And Lawler Right? Clay Chiles 2010
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What they don't have is the right to redefine a word to give a false impression.
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The following is not an easy video to listen to, but it's necessary for not only the LGBT community but also those who claim that we are being too pushy, that we are trying to "redefine" American values, that we hate Christianity, etc.
Alvin McEwen: Baptist Minister: 'We Need Hunt-a-Homo Week' 2010
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There's a lot of pretentious crap out there, trying to be the next Watchmen and "redefine" comics, but these are good supernatural fun with a tip of the hat to Lovecraft, Poe and Godzilla.
Infinite Crisis, War of Kings, Gantz, Scott Pilgrim, B.P.R.D. . . . ? 2010
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With question two, they agree that the birds were made on day five (what else can they say?), but for chapter two, they "redefine" the scriptures to mean that
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In the meantime, some Mormon, Christian and Muslim advocates of plural marriage are themselves opposed to same-sex marriage, and accuse us gays of trying to "redefine" marriage.
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As Bill Clinton gets ready to "redefine" both himself and his presidency in the weeks ahead, and as the rest of Washington gets ready to unleash a torrent of commentary about how he has or hasn't changed and how he is surging or sinking or whatever it turns out to be in the polls, all this becomes very apt.
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