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prescribed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective prescribed has 4 senses
- prescribed(s = adj.all) Array - set down as a rule or guide; Array
- prescribed(s = adj.all) appointed, decreed, ordained - fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time"
- prescribed(s = adj.all) official - conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order"
- prescribed(s = adj.all) positive - formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws"
THESAURUS
prescribed
accepted, authoritative, binding, bound, bounded, canonical, conditioned, confined, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional, copyrighted, cramped, current, customary, dictated, didactic, disciplined, established, everyday, familiar, finite, formulary, generally accepted, hard and fast, instructive, limited, mandatory, moderated, narrow, normal, obtaining, official, ordinary, patented, popular, preceptive, prescript, prescriptive, prevalent, proscribed, qualified, received, regular, regulation, restricted, rubric, set, standard, statutory, stock, strait, straitened, time-honored, traditional, usual, widespread, wontedROGET THESAURUS
prescribed
Dueness
N due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff, having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles, duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of, civis Romanus sum, +a chaque saint sa chandelle.
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