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▪ I. redraft, n.|riːˈdrɑːft, -æ-|
Also 7 -draught.
[re- 5 a. Cf. next.]
1. A bill of re-exchange. (Cf. redraw v.2 1.)
1682J. Scarlett Exchanges 144 The Payment of the Redraught from the place where the Bill was to be paid. 1826G. J. Bell Comm. Law Scot. iii. i. ii. (1870) I. 430 This redraft is to be made directly on the place of the original draft.
2. A second or new draft.
1847in Webster. 1890Times 28 Nov. 7/1 The part of the Bill which dealt with the congested districts was very little more than a redraft of the original measure.
▪ II. redraft, v.|riːˈdrɑːft, -æ-|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To draft again (a writing or document).
1798I. Allen Hist. Vermont 183 Colonel Allen..gave it to the late Roger Sherman,..praying him to redraft it, and propose it as his own. 1847Webster, Redraft, to draw or draft anew. 1884Manch. Exam. 29 Mar. 5/2 The bill..is likely to be entirely redrafted. |