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rescribing

rescribing is the present participle and gerund of rescribe.

Meaning of rescribe

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

Questions about rescribing

What is rescribing the present participle and gerund of?
Rescribing is the present participle and gerund of rescribe.

Words near rescribing in the dictionary

  1. rescribbling
  2. rescribe
  3. rescribed
  4. rescribendaries
  5. rescribendary
  6. rescribing
  7. rescript
  8. rescripted
  9. rescripting
  10. rescription
  11. rescriptions

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