## Meanings
1. An early version of a piece of writing that you may still change.
2. To write the first version of something such as a letter, plan, or speech.
3. The system of ordering people by law to serve in the military.
4. Beer or other drink served from a barrel rather than a bottle or can.

## Examples
- I have to revise the first draft of my essay.
- She drafted a quick reply and asked me to check it.
- He left the country to avoid the draft.
- They serve several local beers on draft.

## Derived Forms
- antidraft
- backdraft
- downdraft
- draft-bar
- draft-dodge
- draft-quality
- draftable
- draftage
- draftee
- drafthouse
- draftless
- draftman

## Related Forms
- draw

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰregʰ-
- Root: draught
- Root: *dreaht
- Root: *drahti
- Root: *drahtuz

## Etymology
A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.

## AI Etymology
Draft: A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.

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