— prescriptively , adv. — prescriptiveness , n.
/pri skrip"tiv/ , adj.
1. that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
2. depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure.
[ 1740-50; PRESCRIPT + -IVE, modeled on descriptive, etc. ]