rescriptive

English

Etymology

rescript +‎ -ive

Adjective

rescriptive (comparative more rescriptive, superlative most rescriptive)

1. Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; deciding; settling; determining.

   rescriptive reading

   rescriptive action

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rescriptive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)