rescript

[ ree-skript ]
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noun
  1. a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.

  2. any edict, decree, or official announcement.

  1. the act of rewriting.

  2. something rewritten.

Origin of rescript

1
1520–30; <Latin rescrīptum an imperial rescript (noun use of neuter past participle of rescrībere to write back, reply). See re-, script

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rescript

/ (ˈriːˌskrɪpt) /


noun
  1. (in ancient Rome) an ordinance taking the form of a reply by the emperor to a question on a point of law

  2. any official announcement or edict; a decree

  1. something rewritten

  2. the act or process of rewriting

Origin of rescript

1
C16: from Latin rēscriptum a reply, from rēscribere to write back

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