prescript

American  

[pri-skript, pree-skript, pree-skript] / prɪˈskrɪpt, ˈpri skrɪpt, ˈpri skrɪpt /

adjective

1. prescribed.

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noun

1. that which is prescribed or laid down, as a rule, precept, or order.

prescript British  

noun

1. something laid down or prescribed

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adjective

1. prescribed as a rule

Etymology

Origin of prescript

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (adjective), from Latin praescrīptus, past participle of praescrībere “to write down, direct, prescribe”; pre-, script, prescribe.

Example Sentences

So you’ve got prescriptions for the future, but how do we even those prescript prescriptions are any good if you missed it in the past?

From Time • Nov. 14, 2015

In fact, it rather closely parallels the old imperial prescript on education.

From Time Magazine Archive

Precept -- N. precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript, prescription; recipe, receipt; golden rule; maxim &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

For this procedure demands two requisites: one that the most urgent proofs stand against the accused, and the other that the crime be very atrocious, according to the prescript of the Bull.

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous

Doing so, it was natural that he should choose to take refuge in a Britain beyond the ocean, where a brotherly welcome among his kindred awaited the political prescript.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various