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noun
A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Memory that has been erased and re-written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: cultural studies
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noun
Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
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A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
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verb
To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
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verb
On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
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noun
a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: manuscript, holograph
History
From Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).
Across languages
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