different between unwrite vs inwrite

English

Etymology

un- +? write

Verb

unwrite (third-person singular simple present unwrites, present participle unwriting, simple past unwrote, past participle unwritten)

1. To erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written.
   • 1847, John Frost, Pictorial Life of George Washington (page 131)

     Accordingly, in June, the governor, as if rescinding the resolution could unwrite the letter, demanded its erasure from the records of the house.
2. To nullify.
3. To deconstruct.
4. (computer engineering) To revert to a known state in so that new data can be written.

Related terms

• write

Anagrams

• wire nut

English

Etymology

From Middle English inwriten (“to inscribe”), from Old English *inwr?tan (“to inscribe”), suggested by Old English inwr?tere (“writer, secretary”) and Old English inwritting (“inscription”), equivalent to in- +? write.

Verb

inwrite (third-person singular simple present inwrites, present participle inwriting, simple past inwrote, past participle inwritten or inwrit)

1. Alternative form of enwrite

Anagrams

• write in, write-in