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rewrite

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/

The English word “rewrite” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of writing again or anew.
  2. Something that has been written again.
  3. The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

verb

  1. To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
  2. To write again (without changes).
  3. To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

Etymology

From re- + write.

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