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Noun rewriting has 1 sense
  1. rewriting, revising - editing that involves writing something again
    --1 is a kind of editing, redaction
    --1 has particulars:
     revision, revisal, revise, rescript; rewording, recasting, rephrasing
    Derived form: verb rewrite1
,Verb rewrite has 2 senses
  1. rewrite - write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"
    --1 is one way to     write
    Derived forms: noun rewrite1, noun rewriter1, noun rewriting1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"
    --2 is one way to     write, compose, pen, indite
    Derived forms: noun rewrite1, noun rewriter1
    Sample sentence:
    Did he rewrite his major works over a short period of time?
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