| Pronunciation: | | pri'skriptiv
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- [adj] (grammar) giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
- [adj] based on or prescribing a norm or standard; "normative grammar"
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PRESCRIPTIVE is a 12 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | normative, received, standard |
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| | Antonyms: | | descriptive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*scrip"tive\, a. [L. praescriptivus of a
demurrer or legal exception.] (Law)
Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued
use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title;
pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.
The right to be drowsy in protracted toil has become
prescriptive. --J. M. Mason.
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