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rewrite

 verb
     
re‧write past tense rewrote, past participle rewritten [transitive]
to change something that has been written, especially in order to improve it, or because new information is available [= revise]:
I'll have to rewrite most of the essay.
—rewrite noun [countable]
Software packages may need complete rewrites to match new hardware.
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