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pre·scrip·tive

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–adjective

1.	that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.

2.	depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure.

[Origin: 1740–50; prescript + -ive, modeled on descriptive, etc.

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—Related forms

pre·scrip·tive·ly, adverb

pre·scrip·tive·ness, noun

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pre·scrip·tive Audio Help (prĭ-skrĭp'tĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage.
Making or giving injunctions, directions, laws, or rules.
Law Acquired by or based on uninterrupted possession.
Linguistics Based on or establishing norms or rules indicating how a language should or should not be used rather than describing the ways in which a language is used.

pre·scrip'tive·ly adv., pre·scrip'tive·ness n.

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prescriptive
adjective
pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" [ant: descriptive]

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: pre·scrip·tive
Pronunciation: pri-'skrip-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : serving to prescribe <prescriptive rules>
2 : acquired by, founded on, or constituting prescription <a prescriptive right> <a longer prescriptive period>

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Prescriptive

Pre*scrip"tive\, a. [L. praescriptivus of a demurrer or legal exception.] (Law) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.

The right to be drowsy in protracted toil has become prescriptive. --J. M. Mason.

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