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prescriptive

pre·scrip·tive [ pri skríptiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. making or adhering to regulations: establishing or adhering to rules and regulations
prescriptive grammarians

2. customary: based on or authorized by long-standing custom ( dated )

3. law grounded in legal prescription: based on legal prescription


pre·scrip·tive·ly adverb
pre·scrip·tive·ness noun
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