different between bewrite vs rewrite

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewriten, from Old English bewr?tan (“to write, record, copy”); equivalent to be- (“about, over”) +? write. Compare Dutch beschrijven (“to describe”), German beschreiben (“to describe”), Swedish beskriva (“to describe”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

bewrite (third-person singular simple present bewrites, present participle bewriting, simple past bewrote, past participle bewritten)

1. (transitive) To write about; describe.
   • 1838, The Yale literary magazine: Volume 3:

     I vow and purpose, here in the presence of " Billy Shakspeare," to bewrite this ill-starred foolscap!!

   • 2011, The history of the Chronoswiss brand can only reach:

     This harvesting bewrites the unhealable Monogrammed Beach Towels of affair and assenting a brew-house.

2. (transitive) To write to.
   • 1905, Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield, Frances Mary Brookfield, Mrs. Brookfield and her circle: Volume 1:

     After I bewrote thee yesterday Mrs. Neville drove Lady Charlotte, young Bagot (Clerk) and self into Glastonbury.

3. (transitive) To write; write from; copy.

Derived terms

• bewriting
• bewritten

English

Etymology

re- +? write

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /??i?.?a?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /??i.?a?t/
  • Rhymes: -i??a?t
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?i???a?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?i??a?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

rewrite (plural rewrites)

1. The act of writing again or anew.

2. Something that has been written again.

Translations

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 (a piece of writing or music, etc.).
2. (transitive) To write out again (without changes).

Usage notes

• The verb "restate" has analogous senses "to state again" and "to rephrase, to state again differently".

Derived terms

• rewritable

Translations