Associations to the word «Rewrite»

Wiktionary

REWRITE, noun. The act of writing again or anew.
REWRITE, noun. Something that has been written again.
REWRITE, verb. To write again, differently (to modify).
REWRITE, verb. To write again (without changing).

Dictionary definition

REWRITE, noun. Something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better".
REWRITE, verb. Write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis".
REWRITE, verb. Rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats