Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something prescribed, especially a rule or regulation of conduct.
- adjective Having been established as a rule; prescribed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Prescribed; set down beforehand as a rule; ordained or appointed beforehand.
- noun That which is prescribed; a regulation; direction; instruction; rule; law.
- noun Specifically, a medical direction; a prescription.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Directed; prescribed.
- noun Direction; precept; model prescribed.
- noun obsolete A medical prescription.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something
prescribed ; arule ,regulation ordictate . - noun obsolete A
medical prescription .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun prescribed guide for conduct or action
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A: I don't think any of them exclude this prescript if the two-states concept fails.
Sharmine Narwani: A Candid Conversation With The Arab League's Amr Moussa - Peace Talks, One-State, Hezbollah, Iran and..."Foreign Fingers" Sharmine Narwani 2010
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A: I don't think any of them exclude this prescript if the two-states concept fails.
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A: I don't think any of them exclude this prescript if the two-states concept fails.
Sharmine Narwani: A Candid Conversation With The Arab League's Amr Moussa - Peace Talks, One-State, Hezbollah, Iran and..."Foreign Fingers" Sharmine Narwani 2010
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Sen. Scott asked, 'Did you take any steps in organizing an association or society under that prescript (Klan constitution)?'
Contemporary News Accounts Undermine GOP Denials on Confederate Statues 2009
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Not just the children being "drugged", ask any 20 something what prescript they are taking.
Sound Politics: Where all the children are above average disabled 2007
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She was right when she said all of us must respect the Constitutional prescript concerning the separation of powers, as well as the separation between Party and State.
Response to the debate of the State of the Nation Address 2008
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Over two thirds of public servants believed there should be a legal prescript compelling them to report gifts accepted by other officials, and just under half wanted all gifts to be reported to an independent body.
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His new wife -- whose multimillion dollar fortune comes from booze -- steals painkillers from a charity, forges prescript ...
Maia Szalavitz: Adulterer. Addict. Career-Obsessed Mom: Why No "Character Issue" in this Race? 2008
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The guidelines would serve "as a guide rather than prescript" for magistrates in their implementation of the 1998 Domestic Violence Act. @ FLOODS-KZN
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She was right when she said all of us must respect the Constitutional prescript concerning the separation of powers, as well as the separation between Party and State.
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