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Noun

Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Prescript \Pre"script\, a. [L. praescriptus, p. p. of
praescribere: cf. F. prescrit. See Prescribe.]
Directed; prescribed. " A prescript from of words." --Jer.
Taylor.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Prescript \Pre"script\, n. [L. praescriptum: cf. OF. prescript.]
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1. Direction; precept; model prescribed. --Milton.
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2. A medical prescription. [Obs.] --Bp. Fell.
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WordNet prescript
n : prescribed guide for conduct or action [syn: rule]

Moby Dictionary
act , adage , ana , analects , aphorism , apothegm , axiom , bill , bylaw ,
byword , canon , catchword , charge , collected sayings , command ,
commission , current saying , decree , decretum , dictate , dictation ,
dictum , direction , directive , distich , edict , enactment , epigram ,
expression , form , formality , formula , formulary , general orders ,
gnome , golden saying , injunction , institute , institution ,
instruction , jus , law , legislation , lex , maxim , measure , moral ,
mot , motto , oracle , order , ordinance , ordonnance , phrase ,
pithy saying , precept , prescription , proverb , proverbial saying ,
proverbs , regulation , rubric , rule , ruling , saw , saying , sentence ,
sententious expression , sloka , standing order , statute ,
stock saying , sutra , teaching , text , verse , wisdom ,
wisdom literature , wise saying , witticism , word , words of wisdom