单词 | prescrive |
释义 | † prescrivev. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. Of a right or claim: to cease to be valid following the expiry of a prescribed period of time, to lapse by prescription of time; = prescribe v. 7. Of such a prescribed period of time: to elapse, run out. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] > lapse by passage of time prescrive1469 prescribe1617 1469 Sc. 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. 1474 Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 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. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 246 Efter xxxtj ȝeris, he aw nouthir till ansuer bataill na othir process, for the tyme prescryvis of lawe. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 147 Comprysit landis expiris and prescryvis sevin ȝeiris being bypast; bot landis annalȝeit under reversioun prescryvis nevir. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 55 If these pursuits should not prescrive with us in five years, as they do by the common Law. 1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 78 The act ordaining personal Obligations, to prescrive in fourty years. 2. intransitive. To become valid or unchallengeable through lapse of time. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 74 Thair possessioun..is of sa lang tyme by gane, prescriuit & passit prescripcioun. 3. a. transitive. = prescribe v. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint asetc885 teachc897 deemc900 ashapea1000 i-demeOE setc1000 shiftc1000 stevenOE redeOE willOE lookc1175 showc1175 stablea1300 devise1303 terminea1325 shapec1330 stightlea1375 determinec1384 judgea1387 sign1389 assize1393 statute1397 commanda1400 decree1399 yarka1400 writec1405 decreetc1425 rule1447 stallc1460 constitute1481 assignc1485 institute1485 prescribec1487 constitue1489 destinate1490 to lay down1493 make?a1513 call1523 plant1529 allot1532 stint1533 determ1535 appointa1538 destinec1540 prescrive1552 lot1560 fore-appoint1561 nominate1564 to set down1576 refer1590 sort1592 doom1594 fit1600 dictate1606 determinate1636 inordera1641 state1647 fix1660 direct1816 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iv. i. f. clxxi We suld nocht prescriue to God ony special tyme to heir our prayer. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 236 J prescriue him na law. 1618 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 154 According to the forme proscryvit in the 8 act of the particular convention of burrowis. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 1 Dec. (1855) 97 At the expyering of everie ane of the dyets prescryvit be thir instructiones. 1690 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1880) IV. 112 In not attending the dyets prescryved by them [etc.]. 1712 in C. A. Malcolm Minutes Justices of Peace Lanarkshire (1931) 130 As is prescrived by the said Act of Parliament. b. transitive. = prescribe v. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > prescribe treatment prescribe1533 prescrive1568 dictate1624 direct1754 1568 G. Skeyne Breue Descriptioun Pest vi. sig. A8v I..prescryuis as God will assist..sic thingis as may be conducent for..cure of pestilentiall sicknessis. 1657 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 168 That they do not substitut..nor withhold anie thing prescrywit, least the medicament lose its qualities. 1702 Discourse of Suppressing Vice 62 A Wise Physician will not prescrive the same Medicines for every Patient. 1861 J. Davidson Poems 77 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 613/1 My grannie may prescrive an herb for me. 4. transitive. To condemn, prohibit; = proscribe v. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (transitive)] denouncea1400 proclaim?a1513 prescrive1562 aban1565 denunciate1593 to cry shame on, upon, of1600 to call down1605 to declaim against1611 declaim1614 proscribe1622 mouth1743 1562 A. Scott Poems (1896) i. 58 Bot wyte the wickit pastouris wald not mend Thair vitious leving all þe warld prescryvis. DerivativesΚΠ 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 129 Of prayar at præscrivit tymes in the Kirk. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Annuel Prescrived and appoynted be the law of this realm. a1609 A. Hume Hymnes in Poems (1902) 50 Orion, Pleiads, and the Vrse, Obserues their dew prescriued course. 1670 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 264 According to the said doctor his marks and prescryvit meines of tryall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1469 |
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