Retypes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Enters written text once more on a keyboard, usually to correct or replace what was typed before
2. Writes out a document again from the start, typically to fix errors or produce a clean copy
3. Keys in a passage of text a second time, often to change or replace an earlier version of it

Etymology: "Retypes" is the third-person singular present form of "retype", meaning to type something again. The verb is built from the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "type", which came into English from Latin "typus" and Greek "typos", meaning a blow, impression, or mark left by a stamp. The prefix "re-" traces back through Latin "re-" to a Proto-Italic root, and it reached English through Old French and Middle English. The "type" half made the same journey in a different sense, shifting from the physical impression of a die or stamp to a printed character and then to the act of producing text with a keyboard. "Retype" therefore carries two layers of history: a stamped mark pressed again, and a letter struck again on a machine or screen.

Synonyms: retranscribe, rekey, re-enter, transcribe