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rescribe

rescribe verb: to write back; to write in reply.

Verb

rescribe (third-person singular simple present rescribes, present participle rescribing, simple past and past participle rescribed)

  1. (obsolete) To write back; to write in reply.
    • Whenever a Prince on his being consulted by any one rescribes or writes back in this manner, he seems to dispense with that act.1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To write out again; to rewrite.
    • [he] calmly cal'd for more Paper to rescribe them [the writings]1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC

Forms of rescribe

third-person singular presentrescribes
present participlerescribing
past participlerescribed
pastrescribed

Origin of rescribe

From Latin rescribere.

Questions about rescribe

What does rescribe mean?
Rescribe means to write back; to write in reply.
What part of speech is rescribe?
Rescribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of rescribe?
The past tense of rescribe is rescribed.

Words near rescribe in the dictionary

  1. rescrews
  2. rescribble
  3. rescribbled
  4. rescribbles
  5. rescribbling
  6. rescribe
  7. rescribed
  8. rescribendaries
  9. rescribendary
  10. rescribing
  11. rescript

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