prescript

prescript

English

Etymology

Latin praescriptum: compare Old French prescript.

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈskɹɪpt/

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Noun

prescript (plural prescripts)

1. Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     By his prescript a sanctuary is framed
     Of cedar

2. (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

prescript (not comparable)

1. 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 1051532490, 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.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praescriptum.

Noun

prescript n (plural prescripte)

1. prescription

Declension

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

References

• prescript in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN