Described and Read

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Described adjective - Represented in words especially with sharpness and detail.

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Read and described are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Described".

Nearby Words: describe, description, describing

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

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Described and read are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Described" instead a verb "Read".

However, the one time Hitler is mentioned, the listener doesn't recognize the name, and he's then described as "An Earth-politician who sold a lot of books no one actually read."

Source: Future Imperfect
One SCP will attack humans who hear or read a written description of it, and so it cannot be described in a report, only the effects of its attack.

Source: These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know
It's been described by many who read through the logs as 'a highly effective Homestuck Antidepressant'.

Source: W.A.F.F.

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