What does præscribe mean?

præscribe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"1572–1637: Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:"
"The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are — ‘ æquall ’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘ æqually ’ (l. 576), ‘ æquality ’ (l. 578), ‘ præscrib’d ’ (l. 38), ‘ fruicts ’ (l. 144) and ‘ fruictfully ’ […]"

præscribes (present, singular) præscribing (participle, present) præscribed (participle, past) præscribed (past) præscrib'd (participle, past) præscrib'd (past)

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