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rewriting
Variant of rewrite
rewrite
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re·write (rē rīt′; for n. rē′rīt′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb rewrote -·wrote′, rewritten -·writ′·ten, rewriting -·writ′·ing
- to write again
- to write over in different words or a different form; revise
- ☆ to write (news turned in by a reporter) in a form suitable for publication
noun
an article so written
Related Forms:
- rewriter re·writ′er noun
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