Prescribed vs Prescriptive - What's the difference?
prescribed | prescriptive |
(prescribe)
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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As a verb prescribed
is past tense of prescribe.As an adjective prescriptive is
of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.prescribed
English
Verb
(head)prescribe
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Usage notes
* The pronunciation with the stressed first syllable is normally used only when added distinction from (proscribe) is required.Verb
(prescrib)- The doctor prescribed aspirin.
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
See also
* proscribe English transitive verbs ----prescriptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]
