rewrite

[verb ree-rahyt; noun ree-rahyt]

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verb (used with object), re·wrote, re·writ·ten, re·writ·ing.

to write in a different form or manner; revise: to rewrite the entire book.

to write again.

to write (news submitted by a reporter) for inclusion in a newspaper.

noun

the news story rewritten.

something written in a different form or manner; revision: They loved the rewrite, and said it would be a blockbuster!

Origin of rewrite

First recorded in 1560–70; re- + write

Related formsre·writ·er, noun

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Related Words for rewritten

edit, rework, rephrase, reword, recast, redraft

Examples from the Web for rewritten

Contemporary Examples of rewritten

The constitution was rewritten retrospectively in an attempt to put the concession beyond legal challenge.
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His first demand was that the country's official constitution be rewritten to prohibit extradition.
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She was also Meg in the first season of Family Guy, until the character was rewritten.
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Correction: The previous sentence was rewritten after original publish for clarity.
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When his literary ancestors attempted to conquer La-La Land, they were rebuffed, rewritten, or humiliated.
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Historical Examples of rewritten

I have rewritten and finished it since, and it has had a surprising sale.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug
Joseph C. Lincoln
Of course, the articles will probably have to be rewritten in the office.
Plotting in Pirate Seas
Francis Rolt-Wheeler
But how many times had it been rewritten before that fair copy was prepared?
The Bertrams
Anthony Trollope
Translated from the second revised and rewritten German edition.
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It was to be rewritten, as he knew, not by its author but by the Jewish people on their way to freedom.
The Jewish State
Theodor Herzl

British Dictionary definitions for rewritten

rewrite

verb (riːˈraɪt) -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written (tr)

to write (written material) again, esp changing the words or form

computing to return (data) to a store when it has been erased during reading

noun (ˈriːˌraɪt)

something rewritten

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Word Origin and History for rewritten

rewrite

"to write again," 1560s, from re- "back, again" + write (v.). Related: Rewrote; rewritten; rewriting. Journalistic rewrite man is recorded from 1901. As a noun from 1926.