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Found 2 items, similar to prescriptive.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: prescriptive
prescriptive
adj 1: giving directives or rules;
“prescriptive grammar is
concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
[syn:
normative] [ant:
descriptive]
2: based on or prescribing a norm or standard;
“normative
grammar” [syn:
normative]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Prescriptive
Prescriptive
\Pre*scrip"tive\, a. [L. praescriptivus of a
demurrer or legal exception.]
1. (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.
[1913 Webster]
The right to be drowsy in protracted toil has become
prescriptive. --J. M. Mason.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to the doctrine that acceptable
grammatical rules should be prescribed by authority,
rather than be determined by common usage.
[PJC]
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