单词 | rescription |
释义 | rescriptionn.ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] > in reply rescription1581 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 681 If he did so mocke out this thing wittinglye, his shamelesse rescription is more worthy to be abhorred & hated, then his fond ignoraunce. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. To King sig. *iij Certayne rescriptions, and memorialles..touchinge the manuall operations..of Chyrurgerye. 1619 M. Drayton Poems (new ed.) 105 In this Epistle doth her Griefe complaine; And his Rescription tells her his againe. 1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 190 If you vouchsafe rescription, stuffe your quill With naturall bountyes. a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 31 You cannot oblige me more then to be punctual in rescription. 1763 L. Sterne Let. 29 Mar. in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 321 I inclose you..a Draught of 3000 Livres—for which I insist upon a Rescription by the very return. 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 11 599 Some phrases make me suspect that it may contain a rescription, or Imperial letter. 2. The action or an act of rewriting or transcribing something. Also: a transcription. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > a rewriting rescription1588 rescript1820 redraft1828 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fjv And [on] this rescription into a new leafe, ye shall sald [= balance] the former accompt in that place. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 271 The Figural Names.., to avoid prolixity in the often rescription..are usually expressed by Marks or Characters. 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 230 Unless they would ratifye every article..without any exception or rescription, they might prepare to depart. 1790 tr. J. J. Rousseau Let. in Confessions III. 380 I have received your two letters, and with the first the rescription you had the goodness to send me, and for which I thank you. 1845 E. A. Poe Mummy in Coll. Wks. (1969) III. 1189 This process of re-scription and personal verification. 1966 Art Bull. 48 422/1 The oldest surviving copy of the registry is a rescription of 1481-1482. 3. A promissory note issued by a government. Now rare and historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills warrant1433 assignmentc1460 policy1623 navy bill1679 redraft1682 tally of pro1691 bank bill1694 bank seal bill1696 chequer-bill1697 assignation1704 chequer-note1705 mint bill1707 transport debenture1707 transport-bill1710 loan-bill1722 treasury note1756 tin bill1778 treasury-bill1798 rescription1800 short bill1808 treasury-warrant1834 sight bill1853 short-paper1912 treasuries1922 T.B.1936 T.D.R.1948 T-Bill1982 1800 Ann. Reg. 1796 (Otridge ed.) i. Hist. Europe 155/1 A paper, known by the name of rescriptions, had been given for advances to government, and made payable in specie at a fixed period. 1800 Ann. Reg. 1798 (Otridge ed.) State-papers 307/1 A purchase of thirty-two millions of Dutch rescriptions. 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain IV. 243 The mandats and rescriptions..were issued to the amount of 4800 piastres. 1989 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 49 556 Terray had suspended payment on 62.7 million livres of rescriptions, and payment was resumed in 1775. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581 |
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