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re⋅write

  [v. ree-rahyt; n. ree-rahyt] verb, -wrote, -writ⋅ten, -writ⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to write in a different form or manner; revise: to rewrite the entire book.
2. to write again.
3. to write (news submitted by a reporter) for inclusion in a newspaper.
–noun
4. the news story rewritten.
5. something written in a different form or manner; revision.
Origin:
1560–70; re- + write

Related forms:
re⋅writ⋅er, noun
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re·write   (rē-rīt')   
v.   re·wrote (-rōt'), re·writ·ten (-rĭt'n), 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.   (rē'rīt')
  1. The act or an instance of rewriting.
  2. Something rewritten.
re·writ'a·ble, re·write'a·ble adj., re·writ'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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