backread

verb
/ˈbækˌɹiːd/

Etymology

From back + read.

  1. derived from *Hreh₁dʰ-
  2. inherited from *rēdaną
  3. inherited from *rādan
  4. inherited from rǣdan
  5. inherited from reden
  6. compounded as backread — “back + read

Definitions

  1. To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present…

    To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.

  2. To interpret what one has read previously in the light of later experience or knowledge.

    • Thereafter, Freud was obliged not only to expand but to backread that expansion into all that came before.
    • What must be recognized is the nature of the source material in which one sees a theological/ideological backreading of history.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backread. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA