prescriptive

[Latin præscriptivus, from præscript us, pa. par. of præscribo to prescribe (q. v.); Sp. prescriptivo.] 1. Consisting in, arising from, or acquired by prescription. "It [common in gro ] may be claimed by prescriptive 1. To lay down with authority, as a direction or right."- Black stone: Comment., bk. ii., ch. 3. rule of conduct; to appoint, to dictate. "My rapid hours pursue the course Prescribed them by love's sweetest force." Cowper: Guion; Joy of the Cro . 2. To direct, to appoint. "Lot streams prescribe their fountains where to run." Dryden. ( Todd .) II. Med.: To direct to be used as a remedy. B. Intransitive : *I. Ord. Lang.: To lay down rules or directions for conduct; to give law; to dictate. "Time and long po e ion enables it to prescribe." South: Sermons, vol. iv., ser. 9. II. Technically: 1. Law: (1) To claim by prescription; to make a claim to a thing by immemorial use and enjoyment. "The lord of a manor cannot prescribe to raise a tax or a toll upon strangers." Black stone: Comment., bk. ii., ch. 14. (2) To become extinguished or of no validity through lapse of time, as a right, debt, obligation, or the like. 2. Med .: To direct what remedies are to be used; to write or give directions for medical treatment. "Garth, generous as his muse, prescribes and gives." Dryden: To his Kinsman, John Dryden. prě-scrib-er, s. [Eng. prescrib(e); -er.] IMG:content-1489.png:[blocks in formation] prěş-ençe, s . [Fr., from Lat. præsentia =presence, from præsens present (q. v.); Sp. presencia ; Ital. presenza , presenzia .] 1. The quality or state of being present; the state of being or existing in a certain place. 2. The state of being within sight or call; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that hinders or prevents intercourse. "The hostile armies were now in presence of each other."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xii. 3. Persons present or a embled in a place, especially persons of rank; noble company. "Then slow her drooping head she raised, And fearful round the presence gazed." 4. Company, society. Scott : Lady of the Lake, vi. 26. "From his presence I am barred." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iii. 2. 5. Approach face to face or nearne to a superior or great personage. 6. The room or apartment in which an a embly is held before a prince or other great personage; a 1. Ord. Lang.: One who prescribes; one who presence-chamber. gives rules or directions. "The prescribers and appoynters what it is that muste bee geuen to the sycke."- Udall : Luke . (Pref.) 2. Med.: One who prescribes medically. pre-script, *pre-scripte, a. & s. [Latin præ- script us , pa. par. of præscribo to prescribe (q. v.); Fr. prescrit ; Sp. pre scrip to ; Ital. prescritto .] A. As adj .: Prescribed; set or laid down as a rule; directed. "The prescript number of the citizens." - More: Utopia, bk. ii., ch. v. "The two great cardinals wait in the presence." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., iii. 1. 7. Something present, close, or near. "I stay, and like an invisible presence Hover around her."