Rewrite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rewrite \Re*write"\, v. t.
     To write again. --Young.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rewrite
       n : something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much
           better" [syn: {revision}, {rescript}]
       v 1: write differently; alter the writing of; "The student
            rewrote his thesis"
       2: rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different
          purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"
       [also: {rewrote}, {rewritten}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "rewrite":
     amend, amendment, blue-pencil, copy, copy out, correct, correction,
     draft, draw up, edit, editing, emend, emendate, emendation, enface,
     engross, inscribe, make a recension, make out, pen, pencil,
     push the pen, put in writing, recense, recension, record,
     rectification, rectify, redact, redaction, redraft, rescript,
     rescription, revamp, revampment, revisal, revise, revised edition,
     revision, rework, rewriting, scribe, scrive, scroll, spill ink,
     spoil paper, superscribe, trace, transcribe, type, work over,
     write, write down, write out