rescribe

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English

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Etymology

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Latin rescribere.

Verb

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

References

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rescribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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rescrībe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of rescrībō

Spanish

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Verb

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rescribe

  1. inflection of rescribir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative