/ree"skript'/ , n.
1. a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
2. any edict, decree, or official announcement.
3. the act of rewriting.
4. something rewritten.
[ 1520-30; rescriptum an imperial rescript (n. use of neut. ptp. of rescribere to write back, reply). See RE-, SCRIPT ]