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re·write  (r-rt)

v. re·wrote (-rt), re·writ·ten (-rtn), re·writ·ing, re·writes

v.tr.

1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise.

2. To put (material submitted to a newspaper or magazine) in a form suitable for publishing.

3. Computer Science To save (a usually altered file) over its most recent version in the same storage location.

v.intr.

To make revisions in written material.

n. (rrt)

1. The act or an instance of rewriting.

2. Something rewritten.

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re·writa·ble, re·writea·ble adj.

re·writer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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rewriting - editing that involves writing something again revising editing, redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form revisal, revise, revision, rescript - the act of rewriting something recasting, rephrasing, rewording - changing a particular word or phrase