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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

praescriptus

, p. p. of

praescribere

: cf. F.

prescrit

. See

Directed; prescribed.

“ A prescript from of words.”

Jer. Taylor.

Noun.

[L.

praescriptum

: cf. OF.

prescript

Direction; precept; model prescribed.

Milton.

A medical prescription.

[Obs.]

Bp. Fell.

Adj.

[L. proescriptus.] Directed; prescribed.

Noun.

[L. proescriptum.] A direction; a medical order for the use of medicines. [But prescription is chiefly used.]

Direction; precept; model prescribed.