prescript

American  

[pri-skript, pree-skript, pree-skript] / prɪˈskrɪpt, ˈpri skrɪpt, ˈpri skrɪpt /

adjective

1. prescribed.

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noun

1. that which is prescribed or laid down, as a rule, precept, or order.

prescript British  

noun

1. something laid down or prescribed

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adjective

1. prescribed as a rule

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.

Example Sentences

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

For this procedure demands two requisites: one that the most urgent proofs stand against the accused, and the other that the crime be very atrocious, according to the prescript of the Bull.

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous

A democracy, according to the prescript of pure reason, would, in fact, be a church.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

It is well known that he founded his often criticized prescript never to trust to color in recognizing or describing a species, on this belief.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de