rescribe

English

Etymology

Latin rescribere.

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.
   • 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.
   • 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:

     [he] calmly cal'd for more Paper to rescribe them [the writings]

References

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

Anagrams

• Berciers

Latin

Verb

rescrībe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rescrībō

Spanish

Verb

rescribe

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