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

Let the lines given be these: The first ae, the second ei, the third ao, and let the whole diagramme be made up according to the prescript of the consectary.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

Whatever the cause of her decline, the charms of the magicians availed not to restore her, and the prescript of the doctor was equally without virtue.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

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