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redraft en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English draft English redraft From re- + draft.

Meanings

1. A second or subsequent draft
2. 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.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
redrafts	Number=Plur		lexicographic

redraft en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English draft English redraft From re- + draft.

Meanings

1. To draft again
   • The total collapse of franchising that followed forced Williams and Shapps to redraft a number of the recommendations. 2021 June 2, “Network News: "Root and branch" review three years in the making”, in RAIL, number 932, page 10:
   • 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. 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
redrafts	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
redrafted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
redrafted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
redrafting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic