backread
/ˈbækˌɹiːd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To interpret what one has read previously in the light of later experience or knowledge.
Example Sentences
- "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."