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pre⋅scrip⋅tive

  [pri-skrip-tiv]
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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.

Related forms:
pre⋅scrip⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
pre⋅scrip⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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pre·scrip·tive   (prĭ-skrĭp'tĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage.

  2. Making or giving injunctions, directions, laws, or rules.

  3. Law Acquired by or based on uninterrupted possession.

  4. 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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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 prescriptive right> prescriptive period>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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