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re·script (rē′skript′)
noun
- an order or decree issued by a Roman emperor or by the pope in answer to some presented difficulty or point of law
- any official decree or order
- the act of rewriting
- something rewritten; copy
Etymology: L rescriptum < rescriptus, pp. of rescribere < re-, back + scribere, to write: see scribe
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