different between escribe vs rescribe

English

Etymology

From Latin e (“out, out of”) + scribere (“to write”).

Verb

escribe (third-person singular simple present escribes, present participle escribing, simple past and past participle escribed)

1. (transitive, geometry) To draw outside of; used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.

Translations

Anagrams

• becries

Asturian

Verb

escribe

1. third-person singular present indicative of escribir

Spanish

Verb

escribe

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of escribir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of escribir.

English

Etymology

Latin rescribere.

Verb

rescribe (third-person singular simple present rescribes, present participle rescribing, simple past and past participle rescribed)

1. (obsolete) To write back; to write in reply.
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani

     Whenever a Prince on his being consulted by any one rescribes or writes back in this manner, he seems to dispense with that act.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To write out again; to rewrite.

References

rescribe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Verb

rescr?be

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rescr?b?