Definitions

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  • verb to save again.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ save

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Examples

  • Would be insanely useful if you had a 'resave' option as well.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • Thank God for the power of restore software ... now I just have to wait another 15-20 minutes to resave everything!

    Oh... I Hate That Feeling... Sarah 2009

  • Thank God for the power of restore software ... now I just have to wait another 15-20 minutes to resave everything!

    Archive 2009-03-01 Sarah 2009

  • We do not attempt to round trip unsupported elements and attributes, they will be removed from the ODF file if you resave it using Office 2007 SP2.

    Review: Free OpenOffice.org Writer surpasses Microsoft Word under the hood 2009

  • So I opened the file on various other machines and indeed, did have to resave some of the links as relative instead of absolute.

    Archive 2008-02-01 StyleyGeek 2008

  • So I opened the file on various other machines and indeed, did have to resave some of the links as relative instead of absolute.

    I'm so competent, I amaze myself. StyleyGeek 2008

  • They then resave it blank so they can use it over and over again.

    It's funny cos it's true Jonathan 2006

  • They then resave it blank so they can use it over and over again.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Jonathan 2006

  • I copied all my undergrad floppy disks onto my harddrive long ago....in the next few years, I will find all my very old Word files from there and resave them into a more modern version of Word, or perhaps save as PDF, as I am relatively confident that *some* program will always be able to handle basic PDFs.

    Luddite Bardiac 2008

  • When you use it to back up, you only need to resave the changes rather than all the files, Enderle says.

    A Backup Plan 2007

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