"rescribe" meaning in English

See rescribe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rescribes [present, singular, third-person], rescribing [participle, present], rescribed [participle, past], rescribed [past]
Etymology: Latin rescribere. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-rescribe-en-verb-Ra~Lkc1h
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To write out again; to rewrite. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-rescribe-en-verb-NEdv-4IH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 70

Inflected forms

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