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postscribe

postscribe verb: to make or add a postscript.

Verb

postscribe (third-person singular simple present postscribes, present participle postscribing, simple past and past participle postscribed)

  1. (archaic) To make or add a postscript.
    • It was but mannerly in Bellarmine to postscribe two of his tomes with Laus Deo1629, Thomas Adams, Sermons

Forms of postscribe

third-person singular presentpostscribes
present participlepostscribing
past participlepostscribed
pastpostscribed

Origin of postscribe

From Latin postscribere.

Questions about postscribe

What does postscribe mean?
Postscribe means to make or add a postscript.
What part of speech is postscribe?
Postscribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of postscribe?
The past tense of postscribe is postscribed.

Words near postscribe in the dictionary

  1. postscore
  2. postscored
  3. postscores
  4. postscoring
  5. postscreening
  6. postscribe
  7. postscribed
  8. postscribing
  9. postscript
  10. postscripta
  11. postscriptal

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