different between rewrite vs rescribe

English

Etymology

re- +? write

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /??i?.?a?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /??i.?a?t/
  • Rhymes: -i??a?t
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?i???a?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?i??a?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

rewrite (plural rewrites)

1. The act of writing again or anew.

2. Something that has been written again.

Translations

Verb

rewrite (third-person singular simple present rewrites, present participle rewriting, simple past rewrote, past participle rewritten)

1. (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify (a piece of writing or music, etc.).
2. (transitive) To write out again (without changes).

Usage notes

• The verb "restate" has analogous senses "to state again" and "to rephrase, to state again differently".

Derived terms

• rewritable

Translations

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?