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ˈpæl ɪmpˌsɛstpalimpsest

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  1. palimpsestnoun

    Synonyms:
    codex rescriptus

  2. palimpsestnoun

    To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.

    Synonyms:
    codex rescriptus

  3. palimpsestnoun

    On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.

    Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g. new ads covering old on a roadside sign.

    Synonyms:
    codex rescriptus

  4. palimpsestnoun

    Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.

    Synonyms:
    codex rescriptus

  5. palimpsestnoun

    Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.

    Synonyms:
    codex rescriptus

  6. palimpsestnoun

    Memory that has been erased and re-written.

    Synonyms:
    codex rescriptus

  7. palimpsestnoun

    Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.

    Synonyms:
    codex rescriptus

Princeton's WordNet

  1. palimpsestnoun

    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

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