prescript
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin praescriptum: compare Old French prescript.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun, adjective) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈskɹɪpt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
prescript (plural prescripts)
- Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- By his prescript a sanctuary is framed
Of cedar
- (obsolete) A medical prescription.
- 1661, John Fell, The life of the most learned, reverend, and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
- Nor did he ever with so much regret submit unto any prescript, as when his physicians, after his great fever that he had in Oxford , required him to eat suppers.
Adjective[edit]
prescript (not comparable)
- Directed; prescribed.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Section I”, in Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacrednesse, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. […], London: […] R[ichard] Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC, paragraph 7, page 4:
- A Holy place is ſomething, a ſeparate time is ſomething, a preſcript form of words is more, and ſeparate and ſolemn actions are more yet; but all theſe are made common by a common perſon, and therefore without a diſtinction of perſons have not a natural and reaſonable diſtinction and ſolemnity and exterior religion.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin praescriptum.
Noun[edit]
prescript n (plural prescripte)
Declension[edit]
Declension of prescript
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) prescript | prescriptul | (niște) prescripte | prescriptele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) prescript | prescriptului | (unor) prescripte | prescriptelor |
| vocative | prescriptule | prescriptelor | ||
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