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re⋅script

  [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.
3. the act of rewriting.
4. something rewritten.
Origin:
1520–30; < L rescrīptum an imperial rescript (n. use of neut. ptp. of rescrībere to write back, reply). See re-, script
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re·script   (rē'skrĭpt')   
n.  

    1. The act of rewriting.

    2. Something that has been rewritten.

  2. A formal decree or edict.

  3. Roman Catholic Church A response from the pope or another ecclesiastical superior to a question regarding discipline or doctrine.

  4. A reply from a Roman emperor to a magistrate's query about a point of law.


[Latin rescrīptum, from neuter past participle of rescrībere, to write back : re-, re- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
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