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prescriptive
prescriptive definition
pre·scrip·tive (prē skrip′tiv, pri-)
adjective
- that prescribes
- based on legal prescription
- prescribed by custom or long use
Etymology: LL praescriptivus
Related Forms:
- prescriptively pre·scrip′·tively adverb
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