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English Dictionary: drafting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drafting
n
  1. writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
  2. the craft of drawing blueprints
    Synonym(s): drafting, mechanical drawing
  3. the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
    Synonym(s): drawing, draftsmanship, drafting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Drafting}.]
      1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
  
      2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
  
      3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any
            district, company, or society; to detach; to select.
  
                     Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they
                     drafted novices to supply their colleges and
                     temples.                                             -- Holwell.
  
      4. To transfer by draft.
  
                     All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
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