Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-SCRIPT'IVE
PRE-SCRIPT'IVE, a.
- Consisting in or acquired by immortal use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right or title. The right to be drowsy in protracted toil, has become prescriptive. – J. M. Mason.
- Pleading the continuance and authority of custom. – Hurd.
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