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Rewrite

To write again.

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Indite 76% connected

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pen 76% connected

A feather.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Writing 76% connected

of Write

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Decipher 76% connected

To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Revise 76% connected

To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a tr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Transcribe 76% connected

To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Transliterate 76% connected

To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Rescript 74% connected

The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rescript 74% connected

The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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Rescript 92% connected

The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Revision 92% connected

The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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