Redraft

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To create a new version of a document by making changes and improvements
2. To rewrite a text in order to improve its content or structure
3. To amend or rework a draft to make it clearer or more effective

Etymology: The verb "redraft" is simply "draft" with the prefix "re-" attached, meaning to draft something again so that it comes out better. The "draft" half has a longer history than its look suggests. It traces back through Middle English and Old French to Latin, where the root sense was to drag or pull, and English "draft" once carried the idea of hauling things along before it came to mean a rough version of a document. The prefix "re-" comes from Latin, where it meant "back" or "again," and it has attached itself to English verbs ever since. Put together, "redraft" describes the action of pulling a piece of writing back out and shaping it anew.

Synonyms: revise, rewrite, edit, rework, rephrase

Antonyms: finalize, complete, publish, submit, approve