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单词 redrafting
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redraftingn.

Brit. /ˌriːˈdrɑːftɪŋ/, /ˌriːˈdraftɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈdræftɪŋ/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: redraft v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < redraft v. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix1; compare later drafting n. Compare earlier redraft n., redrawing n.
The action of drafting a document, text, etc., again; (also) an instance of this.
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1784 E. Allen Reason xiii. §3 436 An infallible compiling, re-drafting, translating, re-printing and perpetuation of it.
1862 Berkshire County Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 9 Jan. The statutes of the commonwealth..concerning insane prisoners are defective by reason of incompleteness, inconsistencies, and contradictions, needing thorough redrafting, simplification, abridgement, and alteration.
1881 Times 15 Aug. 4/6 The Government have brought in a Bill giving the function of redrafting to the Universities Committee of the Privy Council.
1901 Eng. Hist. Rev. 16 137 It refers, among other things, to a redrafting of the rule which was to take place at the next chapter.
1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 21 Mar. in War Diaries (2001) 147 I had to crash the whole paper and got S of S to agree that the whole thing required redrafting.
1999 New Statesman 8 Nov. 30/1 The compensation for this endless round of meetings, redraftings and repetitive conversations..lay in the chance to observe the workings of a big firm.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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