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[ We may, for one single act, abstract from a reward, which nobody who knows the prescindent faculties of the soul can deny. G. Cheyne , Philosophical Principles. prescioust (prēʻshi-us), a. [L. præsci us , foreknowing, præscire , know beforehand: see prescient .] Prescient; foreknowing; having foreknowledge. No prescious determination of our states to come. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 11. Prescious of ills. Dryden, Æneid, xi. presci ion (prē-sish'on), п . [ * præ sci io ( n- ), præscindere , cut off: see prescind . Cf. sci ion .] The act of prescinding. [Rare.] prescribe (pre-skrib'), v.; pret. and pp. pre scribed , ppr. prescribing . [= F. prescrire = Sp. prescribir =Pg. prescrever =It. prescrivere, præscribere , write before, prefix in writing, præ , befcre, + scribere , write: see scribe . ] I. trans. 11. To inscribe beforehand or in front. Having heard your approbation of these in their presentment, I could not but prescribe them with your name. Chapman, Byron's Conspiracy and Tragedy, Ded. 2. To lay down beforehand, in writing or otherwise, as a rule of action; ordain; appoint; define authoritatively. For her no other termes should ever tie Then what prescribed were by lawes of chevalrie. Spenser , F. Q., V. vii. 28. Shak ., Lear, i. 1. 279. Prescribe not us our duties. They may call back the sun as soon, stay time, Prescribe a law to death, as we endure this. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, v. 4. Philosophers prescribe us Rules that they themselves, nor any Flesh and Blood, can observe. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 58. Mankind in ways prescribed are found, Like flocks that follow on a beaten ground. Crabbe, Works, IV. 55. The nece ities which initiate government themselves prescribe the actions of government. H. Spencer , Data of Ethics, § 19. 3. Specifically, to advise, appoint, or designate as a remedy for disease. Wrath-kindled gentlemen, be ruled by me; Let's purge this choler without letting blood: This we prescribe , though no physician. Shak., Rich. II., i. 1. 154. A druggist's a istant who.. prescribes a sharp purgative and kills the patient is found guilty of mans laugh ter. H. Spencer, vs. State, p. 47. 4. In law, to render invalid through lapse of time or negative prescription. "Could you not take up the action again?" said Mr. Mowbray. "Whew! it's been prescribed sax or seeven years syne." Scott , St. Ronan's Well, viii. =Syn. 2. To order, command, dictate, institute, establish. II. in trans. 1. To set rules; lay down the law; dictate. The a uming an authority of dictating to others, and a forwardne to prescribe to their opinions, is a constant concomitant of this bias of our judgments. Locke. ( Johnson .) 2. To give medical directions; designate the remedies to be used: as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever. I will use the olive with my sword, Make war breed peace, make peace stint war, make each Prescribe to other as each other's leech. Shak., T. of A., v. 4. 84. 3. In law: ( a ) To claim by prescription; claim a title to a thing by immemorial use and enjoyment: with for: as, to prescribe for a right of way, of common, or the like. (b) To become extinguished or of no validity through lapse of time, as a right, debt, obligation, and the like. See prescription, 3. Under James VI. actions for servants' wages are to pre scribe [applied to property when lost by the lapse of time] in three years, after which the debt can only be proved by writ or oath of the debtor (1579, c. 21). Ribton - Turner , Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 362. 4701 It [the action of spuilzie] must be brought within three years in order to entitle the pursuer to violent profits, otherwise it prescribes in forty years. presence We are intolerant of everything that is not simple, unbia ed by prescription, liberal as the wind. J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 297. Hence, more specifically-(a) The acquisition of a right or title by such enjoyment, called sometimes positive or Encyc. Brit ., XXIII. 589. prescriber (prē-skrī'bėr), п . [ prescribe + -er1.] One who prescribes; one who gives acquisitive prescription . rules or directions, especially in medical treatment. The phisicians of the bodyes haue practic i oners and poticaries that dooe minister theyr arte vnder them; and themselues are the prescribers and appoynters what it is that muste bee geuen to the sycke. J. Udall , On Luke, Pref. Fother by , Atheomastix, p. 158. God the prescriber of order. prescript (pre's kript, formerly also preskript'), a. and n. [OF. prescript, F. prescrit = Sp. Pg. pre scrip to = It. prescritto; To the intent the prescript number of the citizens should neither decrease nor above measure increase. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 5. Baptism is given by the element of water, and that pre script form of words which the Church of Christ doth use. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. 1. I must apologize this to the reader, that I do not condemn all prescript penalties, although the argument seem to hold forth so much. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 257. II. n. 1. That which is prescribed; a regulation; direction; instruction; rule; law. They [Utopians] define virtue to be life ordered according to the prescript of nature. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 7. Ne staid, till that he came with steep descent Unto the place where his prescript did showe. Spenser Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 1261. Do not exceed The prescript of this scroll. Shak ., A. and C., iii. 8. 5. The Jews, by the prescript of their law, were to be merciful to all their nation and confederates in religion. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 196. 2t. Specifically, a medical direction; a prescription. It is not a potion I send, but a prescript in paper, which the foolish patient did eat up when he read in it written, Some gentlemen doe hold that dignitie [nobility] by pre script i on , not hauing other proofe then that they and their ancestors were called Gentlemen time out of minde. Segar, Honor, p. 227. When thou begin nest to sue him, he will plead prescrip tion :. It is mine, it shall be mine, because it hath been mine. Rev. T. Adams , Works, II. 41. The Lucquese plead prescription for hunting in one of the Duke's forests that lies upon their frontiers. Add is on, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn), I. 493. The institution called Usucapion or (in modern times) Prescription , the acquisition of ownership by continuous po e ion, lay at the root of the ancient Roman law, whether of persons or of things. Maine , Early Hist. of Institutions, p. 315. (b) The lo of a right or title by suffering another to enjoy it, or by neglecting to a ert it: called sometimes neg a tive prescription. And unle ye get your thumb-nail on them [poachers] in the very nick o' time, ye may dine on a dish of prescrip tion, and sup upon an absolvitor. Scott , St. Ronan's Well, viii. Barons by prescription. See baron , 1. - Prescription Act (sometimes called Lord Tenter den's Act ), an English statute (2 and 3 William IV., c. 71) by which uninterrupted enjoyment of an easement for twenty years (forty at the most) under claim of right was made a bar to adverse claims, in lieu of requiring reference to immemorial usage. Title by prescription, a title based solely on a showing that the claimant and those under whom he claims have immemorially been in the habit of enjoying that which he claims. prescription-gla (prē-skripʻshon-glas), n. 1. A gla ve el with measures, as of a tablespoonful, teaspoonful, etc., marked on it.-2. A spectacle-gla or lens made according to an oculist's prescription. The lens-grinding room is devoted almost exclusively to making what are known as prescription gla es. Sci. Amer., N. S., LVIII. 259. prescription ist (prē-skripʻshon-ist), n. [ The apparent deterioration was due to the dishonesty of the retail druggist or prescription ist . Sanitarian , XVIII. 427. prescriptive (prē-skriptiv), a . [= F.prescript if = It. prescrittivo , præscriptivus , pertaining to a prescript, præscript us , pp. of præ [ scribere , prescribe: see prescribe .] 1. Arising from established usage or opinion; customary. Take this. Rev. T. Adams , Memoir, p. xlvii. (Works, III.). prescriptibility (pre-skrip-ti-bil'i-ti), n. prescriptible + -ity (see -bility ).] "The quality of being prescriptible. Story . prescriptible (pre-skrip'ti-bl), a . [= F. pre scriptible = Sp. prescriptible = Pg. prescriptivel = It. prescrittibile ; as prescript + -ible .] Proper to be prescribed; depending on or derived from prescription. If the matter were prescriptible . Emigrations for conquest, for gold, for very restle ne of spirit-if they grow towards an imperial i ue, have all thus a prescriptive and recognized ingredient of heroism. R. Choate , Addre es, p. 90. They were prepared to strip the church of its power, and royalty of its prescriptive sanctity. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 383. 2. Specifically, in law , pertaining to, resulting from, or based upon prescription. Yon tall Tower, Whose cawing occupants with joy proclaim Prescriptive title to the shattered pile. Words worth, Sonnets, iii. 47. Grafton, Hen. VIII., an. 34. prescription (pre-skrip's hon), n . [ script i on = Sp. pre scrip cion = Pg. prescripção = It. prescrizione , præscriptio ( n- ), a writing before or in front, a title, preface, pretext, precept, order, rule, law, exception, demurrer, ML. prescription, a prescriptive right, etc., præscribere , pp. præscript us , prescribe: see pre cooperate the clergy as an estate of parliament scribe.] 1. The act of prescribing or establishing by rules; that which is prescribed; direc tion; prescript. I am thankful you; and I'll go along Byroth prescription: Shak , Hen. Vill., i. 1. 151. Men who could not be brought off from the prescrip tions of gentilism to the seeming impo ibilities of ChrisJer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), П. 181. tianity. 2. In med., a statement, usually written, of the medicines or remedies to be used by a patient, and the manner of using them. My reason, the physician to my love, Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, Hath left me. Shak., Sonnets, cxlvii. 3. In law, a personal use or po e ion sufficiently long continued to secure to one or more persons a title or right as against others; the effect on rights of persons of the immemorial or long-continued and uninterrupted enjoyment of a thing, as a right of way or of common, by one person or cla or succe ion of persons rather than by another or others: as, to acquire po e ion of a thing by prescription. After uninterrupted enjoyment for thirty, and in many cases for twenty years, a prima facie title arises by prescription to the thing enjoyed. Those honours, and that worship, he has held in the Christian church by a prescription of fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen hundred years. Water land, Works, II. 202. Can any length of acquiescence turn a wrong thing into a right one; any length of prescription turn an abuse into a right? Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 22. It [the right of self-taxation] was in full exercise from the early years of Edward I., and accordingly was strong enough in prescriptive force resist his attempts to in Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 396. pre scutal (pre-skū'tal), a. [ Of or pertaining to the præscutum.