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Definition of: prescriptive
(pri·skrip′tiv) adjective
1. Making strict requirements or rules: prescriptive grammar.
2. Sanctioned by custom or long use: a prescriptive right to grumble.
3. Law Acquired by immemorial use; based on prescription: a prescriptive title. [<LL praescriptivus]
—pre·scrip′tive·ly adverb
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