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Webster 1913 Edition

Rescribe

Re-scribe′

(r?-skr?b′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
rescribere
; pref.
re-
re- +
scribere
to write. See
Scribe
.]
1.
To write back; to write in reply.
Ayliffe.
2.
To write over again.
Howell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rescribe

RESCRI'BE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. rescribo; re and scribo, to write.]
1.
To write back.
2.
To write over again.

Definition 2024

rescribe

rescribe

English

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.
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  2. (obsolete, transitive) To write out again; to rewrite.
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Latin

Verb

rescrībe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of rescrībō

Etymology

Latin rescribere.

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