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  • 11prescript — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A code or set of codes governing action or procedure, for example: dictate, regulation, rubric, rule. See ORDER …

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  • 12prescript — pre|script [ˈpri:ˌskrıpt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of praescribere; PRESCRIBE] formal an official order or rule …

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  • 13prescript — prɪːskrɪpt n. order, directive, precept, instruction; command, prescribed rule, law, regulation adj. preordained, fixed beforehand, set in advance, settled …

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  • 14prescript — [ pri:skrɪpt] noun formal or dated an ordinance, law, or command. Origin C16: from L. praescriptum something directed in writing , neut. past participle of praescribere (see prescribe) …

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  • 15prescript — n. Direction, decree, rule, ordinance, law, precept, mandate …

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  • 16prescript — noun (C) formal an official order or rule …

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  • 17prescript — adj 1. dictated, imposed, laid down; decreed, ordained, ruled, adjudged, ordered, commanded; pronounced, proclaimed, authorized, enacted, established; exacted, demanded, required, imperative, requisite; constrained, obliged, necessitated. n 2.… …

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  • 18prescript — pre·script …

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  • 19prescript — pre•script adj. [[t]prɪˈskrɪpt, ˈpri skrɪpt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈpri skrɪpt[/t]] adj. 1) prescribed 2) something prescribed, as a rule, precept, or order • Etymology: 1425–75; < L praescrīptus, ptp. of praescrībere to prescribe …

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  • 20prescript — adjective /prəˈskrɪpt/ (say pruh skript), /ˈpri / (say pree ) 1. prescribed. –noun /ˈpriskrɪpt/ (say preeskript) 2. that which is prescribed; a rule; a regulation. {Latin praescriptum, noun use of past participle, (thing) prescribed} …

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