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English to English adjective
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pertaining to giving directives or rules |  | Example: prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage
source: wordnet30
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Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom. | | source: webster1913
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