1. Editing that involves writing something again
   "The author spent months rewriting the novel's ending";
   - revising

1. Write again from the beginning; significantly change
   "rewrite the rules"
    
2. Write differently; alter the writing of
   "The student rewrote his thesis"

Derived forms: rewritings

Type of: compose, editing, indite [archaic], pen, redaction, write

Encyclopedia: Rewriting