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English
Etymology
Latin rescribere.
Verb
rescribe (third-person singular simple present rescribes, present participle rescribing, simple past and past participle rescribed)
- (obsolete) To write back; to write in reply.
1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani:Whenever a Prince on his being consulted by any one rescribes or writes back in this manner, he seems to dispense with that act.
- (obsolete, transitive) To write out again; to rewrite.
References
“rescribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
rescrībe
- second-person singular present active imperative of rescrībō
Spanish
Verb
rescribe
- inflection of rescribir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative