单词 | to write over |
释义 | > as lemmasto write over to write over 1. transitive. To rewrite (something), usually in order to make improvements to the content or (esp. in early use) to produce a fair copy. Cf. overwrite v. 4.Not in common use after early 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > rewriting > rewrite [verb (transitive)] to write over1555 rescribe1565 rewrite1603 repen1615 rework1837 overwrite1874 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. x. f. 48 This order haue I appoynted, lest I shulde bee compelled often times to wryte ouer the hole woorke, or sende yowe the same defaced with blottes and interlynynge. 1591 in I. W. Archer et al. Relig., Politics, & Society in 16th-cent. Eng. (2003) 243 I will forfeyte nothing yf, uppon the windes' change, the wordes that are written over doe alter. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vi. 5 This is the indictment...Eleuen houres I spent to wryte it ouer . View more context for this quotation a1645 Ld. Napier Mem. (1793) 51 They might gaine some tyme in wreating them [sc. articles of accusation] over to consult vpon the mater. 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a*2v He [sc. the Author] had however a blotted Copy by him, which he intended to have writ over, with many Alterations. ?1751 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) i. 1 I am extremely pleased with your translation now it is writ over fair. 1859 Testimony Case of Ford against Everts for Slander 15 Mrs. Ford called one day with a paper and made so many alterations that she wrote it over again. 1911 A. C. Ray Woman with Purpose ix. 92 ‘And you want me to write it over?’ There came a tired drop in Dorcas's voice. Writing it over meant a delay of many, many weeks. 2012 @Leah_Ellis21 13 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 16 Apr. 2021) When i dont like the way i wrote something, ill write it over until its perfect lol. ΚΠ 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 72 The king writing ouer to his sonne, required him that I should lyue in safetie and peace. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. i. ii. 10 He wrote ouer for more of the same fish. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > cover with writing writec1225 to write over1649 overwrite1820 1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iv. xi. 535 When they are grown up in sin, they are like the same paper written over with falshoods; which must all be bloted out again, and truth written in the place. 1828 R. Duppa Trav. Italy 9 I saw MSS. of some of the Codes..written over with monkish commentaries. < as lemmas |
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