re-scrībō scrīpsī, scrīptus, ere, to write back, write in return, reply in writing: tuis litteris: me non quaerere, etc.: ad litteras: ad ea, quae requisieras: Pompeius rescripserat, sese, etc., Cs.: Nil mihi rescribas, O.

—In accounts, to place to one's credit: illud mihi Argentum iube rescribi, have passed to my credit, T.: qui de residuis CCCC HS CC praesentia solverimus, reliqua rescribamus.

— To pay back, repay: Dictantis, quod tu numquam rescribere possis, H.

—To write again, write anew, enroll anew, re-enlist: rescriptae ex eodem milite novae legiones, L.: decimam legionem ad equum rescribere (in a double sense: transfer to the cavalry and raise to the rank of knights), Cs.