palimpsest: 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. Many historical texts have been recovered using ultraviolet light and other technologies to read the erased writing.; °(archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.; verb; °To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.; °On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.; synonyms: codex rescriptus

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