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rescissory

rescissory adjective: tending to rescind; pertaining to rescission.

Adjective

rescissory (comparative more rescissory, superlative most rescissory)

  1. Tending to rescind; pertaining to rescission.
    • To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633.a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published...

Forms of rescissory

comparativemore rescissory
superlativemost rescissory

Origin of rescissory

Latin rescissorius.

Questions about rescissory

What does rescissory mean?
Rescissory means tending to rescind; pertaining to rescission.
What part of speech is rescissory?
Rescissory is an adjective.

Words near rescissory in the dictionary

  1. rescinsion
  2. rescinsions
  3. rescissible
  4. rescission
  5. rescissions
  6. rescissory
  7. rescoop
  8. rescooped
  9. rescooping
  10. rescoops
  11. rescope

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