rescript

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /ˈriskrɪpt/ UK /ˈriːskrɪpt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an official edict or written answer from an authority

The emperor's rescript settled the legal dispute.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an official edict or... edict decree ruling pronouncement ordinance mandate

Word family

Related forms script scripture scribe inscribe

Etymology

From Latin rescriptum ('a written reply'), the neuter past participle of rescribere ('to write back'), from re- ('back') + scribere ('to write').

rescriptum Latin scribere Latin *skreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Communication

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# rescript

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈriskrɪpt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈriːskrɪpt/

## Meanings
1. an official edict or written answer from an authority

## Examples
- The emperor's rescript settled the legal dispute.

## Synonyms
- edict
- decree
- ruling
- pronouncement
- ordinance
- mandate

## Related Forms
- script
- scripture
- scribe
- inscribe

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rescriptum
- Root: scribere - to write
- Root: *skreybʰ-

## Etymology
From Latin rescriptum ('a written reply'), the neuter past participle of rescribere ('to write back'), from re- ('back') + scribere ('to write').

## AI Etymology
Rescript comes from Latin rescriptum ('a written reply'), the neuter past participle of rescribere ('to write back'), from re- ('back') + scribere ('to write'). The historical chain includes Latin rescriptum, Latin scribere, and Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-. The quoted older senses, "a written reply", "to write back", "back", and "to write", supply the semantic anchors for rescript. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word rescript carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "an official edict or written answer from an authority". Related English forms include script, scripture, scribe, and inscribe. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Communication

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