Verb
The word is derived from rewrite
19th century: Gauss, Weierstrass and Legendre The first page of Euler's paper Carl Friedrich Gauss rewrote Euler's product as : and used this formula to discover new properties of the gamma function. Source: Internet
Accordingly, in Cymbeline Refinished he rewrote the last act, cutting many of the numerous revelations and expositions, while also making Imogen a much more assertive figure in line with his feminist views. Source: Internet
After some years had passed without the film being made, Powell and Pressburger rewrote the screenplay, including more emphasis on dancing, and produced it themselves. Source: Internet
Ace printed the first paperback edition and caused such a furor that Tolkien rewrote the books enough to get a new copyright, then sold them to Ballantine. Source: Internet
After her death, Charlotte rewrote Emily's character, history and even poems on a (to her and the bourgeois reading public) more acceptable model." Source: Internet
Another account states that the programmer, Bob Chappell, rewrote the game to remove all Hitchhiker's references, and republished it as "Cosmic Capers". Source: Internet