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Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.

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  1. n. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
  2. n. using more words than necessary
  3. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
  4. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of morewords than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with myown eyes.
  5. n. using more words than necessary