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    RESCRIPT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Something that has been written againplay

    Example:

    the rewrite was much better

    Synonyms:

    rescript; revision; rewrite

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("rescript" is a kind of...):

    piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The act of rewriting somethingplay

    Synonyms:

    rescript; revisal; revise; revision

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("rescript" is a kind of...):

    revising; rewriting (editing that involves writing something again)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)play

    Example:

    a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there

    Synonyms:

    decree; edict; fiat; order; rescript

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("rescript" is a kind of...):

    act; enactment (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body)

    Domain category:

    jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rescript"):

    consent decree (an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt)

    curfew (an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited)

    decree nisi (a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date)

    imperial decree (a decree issued by a sovereign ruler)

    judicial separation; legal separation (a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart)

    programma (an edict that has been publicly posted)

    ban; prohibition; proscription (a decree that prohibits something)

    stay (a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted)

    bull; papal bull (a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla))

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    A reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or moralityplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("rescript" is a kind of...):

    answer; reply; response (a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation)

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