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† preˈscrive, v. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 præ-, 5 -scrife.
[ad. F. prescriv-, full stem of prescrire (15th c. in Godefroy Compl.), ad. L. præscrībĕre to prescribe, after écrire:—scrībĕre. Cf. descrive.]
1. trans. = prescribe v. 2.
1563Winȝet Four Scoir Thre Quest. lxxxi. Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 129 Of prayar at præscrivit tymes in the Kirk. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ix. 236, I prescriue him na law. 1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Annuel, Prescrived and appoynted be the law of this realm. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 97 At the expyering of everie ane of the dyets prescryvit be thir instructiones.
b. = prescribe v. 3.
1861Davidson Poems 77 (E.D.D.) My grannie may prescrive an herb for me.
2. (?) intr. To become valid by prescription.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 80 Thair possessioun..is of sa lang tyme bygane prescrivit and passit prescripcioun.
3. intr. Of a right or claim: To cease to be valid, to lapse by prescription of time; = prescribe v. 7; also said of the prescribed period: To elapse, run out.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 262 Efter xxxti ȝeris he aw nouthir till ansuer bataill na othir process, for the tyme prescryvis of lawe. 1469Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 95/1 Þe obligatione..sall prescrife & be of nain avail þe said fourtj ȝeris beand Ronnyng & vnpersewit be þe law. 1474Ibid. 107/1 In tyme to cum all obligacionis maid or to be maide þt beis not folowyt w in xl ȝeris sall prescrive and be of na awaill. 1540in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 147 Comprysit landis expiris and prescryvis sevin ȝeiris being bypast; bot landis annalȝeit under reversioun prescryvis nevir. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. vi. §22 (1699) 29 If these pursuits should not prescrive with us in five years, as they do by the common Law.
¶4. trans. To condemn, prohibit, proscribe. rare—1.[Due to med.L. confusion of præ- and pro-.] 1562A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) i. 58 Bot wyte the wickit pastouris wald not mend Thair vitious leving all þ⊇ warld prescryvis. |