Re*scrip"tion (r?-skr?p"sh?n), n. [L. rescriptio: cf. F. rescription.
See Rescribe.] A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.
Re*scrip"tive (-t?v), a. Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a
rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.
Re*scrip"tive*ly, adv. By rescript. Burke.
Res"cu*a*ble (r?s"k?-?-b'l), a. That may be rescued.
Res"cue (r?s"k?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n.
Rescuing.] [OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref.
re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake.
See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.] To free or deliver from any
confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual
restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as,
to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a breakfast
to the best, Rather than have false Proteus rescue me.
Shak.
Syn. -- To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.