Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prescript

/ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: pre-script
IPA: /ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.

noun

A medical prescription.

Obsolete

adj

Directed; prescribed.

Example Sentences

"By his prescript a sanctuary is framed Of cedar"
"Nor did he ever with so much regret submit unto any prescript, as when his physicians, after his great fever that he had in Oxford , required him to eat suppers."
"A Holy place is ſomething, a ſeparate time is ſomething, a preſcript form of words is more, and ſeparate and ſolemn actions are more yet; but all theſe are made common by a common perſon, and therefore without a diſtinction of perſons have not a natural and reaſonable diſtinction and ſolemnity and exterior religion."

Etymology

Latin praescriptum: compare Old French prescript.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

prescripts (plural)

Synonyms

rule

Questions

How do you pronounce prescript?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt/.
What does prescript mean?: Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
Where does prescript come from?: Latin praescriptum: compare Old French prescript.

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