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Definition of Rewriting
1. Noun. Editing that involves writing something again.
Generic synonyms: Editing, Redaction
Specialized synonyms: Rescript, Revisal, Revise, Revision, Recasting, Rephrasing, Rewording
Derivative terms: Revise, Rewrite
Definition of Rewriting
1. Noun. The process or result of writing again; a rewrite. ¹
2. Noun. (logic computer science) a wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of rewrite) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rewriting
1. rewrite [v] - See also: rewrite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rewriting
Literary usage of Rewriting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Roman System of Provincial Administration to the Accession of by William Thomas Arnold (1906)
"Thi great accumulation of material for consideration an< digestion would doubtless
have been used by him in re-editing, expanding, and possibly rewriting ..."
2. Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of the Religious, Governmental by Justus Doolittle (1865)
"Rewriting from Memory the Sacred Edict.—Best Competitors, to a certain Number,
become Bachelors of Arts.—They come under the Jurisdiction of their Literary ..."
3. Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of the Religious, Governmental by Justus Doolittle (1865)
"Rewriting from Memory the Sacred Edict.—Best Competitors, to a certain Number,
become Bachelors of Arts.—They come under the Jurisdiction of their Literary ..."
4. Social life of the Chinese by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Rewriting from Memory the Sacred Edict.—Best Competitors, to a certain Number,
become Bachelors of Arts.—They come under the Jurisdiction of their Literary ..."
5. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"... first notebook and eyes; then arrangement of amplified notes by "a's" and "b's";
then enveloping or boxing, and pasting, then rewriting; then, O God! ..."
6. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"... first notebook and eyes; then arrangement of amplified notes by "a's" and "b's";
then enveloping or boxing, and pasting, then rewriting; then, O God! ..."
7. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney, Charles Rockwell Lanman (1904)
"Partial rewriting and revision by Whitney. —Thereupon, in order to carry out ...
he gave a pretty thorough revision without rewriting ; and at this point, ..."
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