"rescription" meaning in English

See rescription in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: rescriptions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin rescriptio. Compare French rescription. See rescribe. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|rescriptio}} Latin rescriptio, {{cog|fr|rescription}} French rescription Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rescription (countable and uncountable, plural rescriptions)
  1. (obsolete) The act of writing back; the answering of a letter. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rescription-en-noun-Msjob~Ze Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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