prescript
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of prescript
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (adjective), from Latin praescrīptus, past participle of praescrībere “to write down, direct, prescribe”; see pre-, script, prescribe.
Vocabulary lists containing prescript
Example Sentences
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So you’ve got prescriptions for the future, but how do we even those prescript prescriptions are any good if you missed it in the past?
From Time ● Nov. 14, 2015
In fact, it rather closely parallels the old imperial prescript on education.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doing so, it was natural that he should choose to take refuge in a Britain beyond the ocean, where a brotherly welcome among his kindred awaited the political prescript.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various
The ritual was simple and easily memorized and was never printed; but a copy of the prescript was obtained and used in a trial in Tennessee and reproduced in United States government publications.
From When the Ku Klux Rode by Eyre Damer
Wherefore we must not think to sanctify the bread by this prescript word, “This is my body,” but by prayer and thanksgiving, as Christ did.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
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