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prescriptive definition

pre·scrip·tive (prē skrip′tiv, pri-)

adjective

  1. that prescribes
  2. based on legal prescription
  3. prescribed by custom or long use

Etymology: LL praescriptivus

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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