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rewrit

rewrit is the past of rewrite.

Meaning of rewrite

Verb

rewrite (third-person singular simple present rewrites, present participle rewriting, simple past rewrote, past participle rewritten)

  1. (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
    • Rewrite the book and rule the pages
      Saving face, secured in faith
      Bury, burn the waste behind you1986 July 28, “Cuyahoga”, in Lifes Rich Pageant, performed by R.E.M.
  2. (transitive) To write again (without changes).
  3. To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

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Questions about rewrit

What is rewrit the past of?
Rewrit is the past of rewrite.

Words near rewrit in the dictionary

  1. rewrappers
  2. rewrapping
  3. rewrappings
  4. rewraps
  5. rewring
  6. rewrit
  7. rewritability
  8. rewritable
  9. rewrite
  10. rewrite history
  11. rewrite man

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rewrit (page history and authors); rewrite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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