English Explanatory Dictionary

rescriptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript.
  2. Serving to alter an existing law or legal document or arising from such an alteration.
  3. Pertaining to or based on reinterpretation
  4. That involves rewriting or conversion to another form.
  5. Involving or initiating an additional act of writing

Word forms

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Etymology

From rescript + -ive.

Derived words

rescriptively
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