• Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued useand enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading thecontinuance and authority of long custom.The right to be drowsy in protracted toil has become prescriptive. J.M. Mason.


    Prescriptive meaning & definition 1 of Prescriptive.


  • saying exactly what must happen, especially by giving an instruction or making a rule:

    Prescriptive meaning & definition 2 of Prescriptive.


  • Relating to the imposition or enforcement of a rule or method.

    Prescriptive meaning & definition 3 of Prescriptive.

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