different between edict vs unwrite

English

Etymology

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?.d?kt/

Noun

edict (plural edicts)

1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

Translations

Anagrams

• cited, ticed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ?dictum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: edict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)

1. edict

Descendants

• Afrikaans: edik

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin edictum

Noun

edict n (plural edicte)

1. edict

Declension

English

Etymology

un- +? write

Verb

unwrite (third-person singular simple present unwrites, present participle unwriting, simple past unwrote, past participle unwritten)

1. To erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written.
   • 1847, John Frost, Pictorial Life of George Washington (page 131)

     Accordingly, in June, the governor, as if rescinding the resolution could unwrite the letter, demanded its erasure from the records of the house.
2. To nullify.
3. To deconstruct.
4. (computer engineering) To revert to a known state in so that new data can be written.

Related terms

• write

Anagrams

• wire nut