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Imprescriptible
Imprescriptible Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble, a. [Pref. im- not +
prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible.]
1. Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by
disuse, or by the claims of another founded on
prescription.
The right of navigation, fishing, and others that
may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right
of mere ability, are imprescriptible. --Vattel
(Trans. )
2. Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority;
self-evidencing; obvious.
The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason.
--Colerridge.
Imprescriptibly
Imprescriptibly Im`pre*scrip"ti*bly, adv.
In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.
Prescapular
Prescapular Pre*scap"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.
Presciendent
Presciendent Pre*sciend"ent, a. [L. praescius; prae before +
scius knowing, fr. scire to know.]
Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as, prescious of ills.
[R.] --Dryden.
PrescientPrescient Pre"sci*ent (pr[=e]"sh[i^]*ent or -shent), a. [L.
praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to foreknow; prae
before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See Science.]
Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious
beforehand. --Pope.
Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost
prescient, of this event. --Bacon. Presciently
Presciently Pre"sci*ent*ly, adv.
With prescience or foresight.
Prescind
Prescind Pre*scind" (pr[-e]*s[i^]nd"), v. t. [L. praescindere
to cut off in front; prae before + scindere to cut asunder:
cf. F. prescinder.]
1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] --Norris.
2. (Metaph.) To consider by a separate act of attention or
analysis. --Sir W. Hamilton.
PrescribePrescribe Pre*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr
& vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae
before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule
of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to
appoint; to direct.
Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak.
Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
--Dryden.
2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as,
the doctor prescribed quinine.
Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute;
establish. Prescribe
Prescribe Pre*scribe", v. i.
1. To give directions; to dictate.
A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions.
--Locke.
2. To influence by long use [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
3. (Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate
remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
4. (Law) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a
thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that
is, by a custom having the force of law.
PrescribedPrescribe Pre*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr
& vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae
before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule
of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to
appoint; to direct.
Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak.
Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
--Dryden.
2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as,
the doctor prescribed quinine.
Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute;
establish. Prescriber
Prescriber Pre*scrib"er, n.
One who prescribes.
PrescribingPrescribe Pre*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr
& vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae
before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule
of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to
appoint; to direct.
Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak.
Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
--Dryden.
2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as,
the doctor prescribed quinine.
Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute;
establish. PrescriptPrescript Pre"script, a. [L. praescriptus, p. p. of
praescribere: cf. F. prescrit. See Prescribe.]
Directed; prescribed. `` A prescript from of words.' --Jer.
Taylor. Prescript
Prescript Pre"script, n. [L. praescriptum: cf. OF. prescript.]
1. Direction; precept; model prescribed. --Milton.
2. A medical prescription. [Obs.] --Bp. Fell.
Prescriptibility
Prescriptibility Pre*scrip`ti*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being prescriptible. --Story.
Prescriptible
Prescriptible Pre*scrip"ti*ble, a. [Cf. F. prescriptible.]
Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to be
prescribed. --Grafton.
PrescriptionPrescription Pre*scrip"tion, n. [F. prescription, L.
praescriptio, an inscription, preface, precept, demurrer,
prescription (in sense 3), fr. praescribere. See
Prescribe.]
1. The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating;
direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.
2. (Med.) A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a
disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe;
also, a prescribed remedy.
3. (Law) A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a
thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or
title acquired by possession had during the time and in
the manner fixed by law. --Bacon.
That profound reverence for law and prescription
which has long been characteristic of Englishmen.
--Macaulay.
Note: Prescription differs from custom, which is a local
usage, while prescription is personal, annexed to the
person only. Prescription only extends to incorporeal
rights, such as aright of way, or of common. What the
law gives of common rights is not the subject of
prescription. Blackstone. Cruise. Kent. In Scotch law,
prescription is employed in the sense in which
limitation is used in England and America, namely, to
express that operation of the lapse of time by which
obligations are extinguished or title protected. Sir T.
Craig. Erskine. prescriptionUsucaption U`su*cap"tion (?; 277), n. [L. usucapere,
usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use)
+ capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law)
The acquisition of the title or right to property by the
uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed
by law; -- the same as prescription in common law. Prescriptive
Prescriptive 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.
Prescriptively
Prescriptively Pre*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
By prescription.
PrescutaPrescutum Pre*scu"tum, n.; pl. Prescuta. [NL. See Pr[ae]-,
and Scutum.] (Zo["o]l.)
The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or
tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually
small and inconspicuous. PrescutumPrescutum Pre*scu"tum, n.; pl. Prescuta. [NL. See Pr[ae]-,
and Scutum.] (Zo["o]l.)
The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or
tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually
small and inconspicuous.
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