See rescript on Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
6,
17
]
],
"text": "We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To script again or anew."
],
"links": [
[
"script",
"script"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To script again or anew."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹiːskɹɪpt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rescript.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹiːˈskɹɪpt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rescript2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rescript2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-rescript.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-us-rescript.oga/En-us-rescript.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-us-rescript.oga",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"word": "rescript"
}
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