rewrite
verb (used with object), re·wrote, re·writ·ten, re·writ·ing.
noun
Origin of rewrite
Examples from the Web for rewrote
Contemporary Examples of rewrote
So, Streep rewrote much of her dialogue, which led to tension with her co-star, Hoffman, who felt she was trying to upstage him.
Co-Stars Who Hated Each Other: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in 'The Notebook' and MoreMarlow Stern
July 4, 2014
He wrote four articles a day and rewrote every one of them to resell to another newspaper for another 20 pesos.
Former aides Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Ted Sorensen rewrote history to make him more liberal than he really was.
I guess I have now been writing, if I date my writing from the first time I ever rewrote anything, for about 33 years.
Historical Examples of rewrote
I rewrote it to make it big, and I made it so big I spoiled it all.
The HarborErnest Poole
Some of the chapters he rewrote; others he eliminated entirely.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
She wrote her stories and rewrote them; then again, and again.
The CaliforniansGertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
He tells us how often he wrote and rewrote some of his chapters, some of his books.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston EditionRobert Louis Stevenson
He wrote it and rewrote it, he read it to his visitors, he told his friends about it.
The Ordeal of Mark TwainVan Wyck Brooks