Redraft
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A second or subsequent draft
- 2 a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again wordnet
- 3 A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.
Verb
- 1 To draft again
"maybe the metamorphoses are – as in Adaptation – a comment on the screenwriting process, and the way that characters’ identities are revised as the writer drafts and redrafts the script."
Example
More examples"maybe the metamorphoses are – as in Adaptation – a comment on the screenwriting process, and the way that characters’ identities are revised as the writer drafts and redrafts the script."
Etymology
From re- + draft.
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