Usually means: Restoring something to former state.
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  1. rescriptive: Merriam-Webster
  2. rescriptive: Wordnik
  3. rescriptive: Wiktionary
  4. Rescriptive: Dictionary.com
  5. Rescriptive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. rescriptive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Rescriptive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. rescriptive: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Rescriptive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (rescriptive)

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

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