Præscribe
Full definition of præscribe
Verb
- Archaic spelling of en
- 1572–1637: Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:
- 1954: Charles Harold Herford ed., Percy Simpson ed., Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson ed., Ben Jonson, page 273 (Clarendon Press)The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are?—?‘?æquall?’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘?æqually?’ (l. 576), ‘?æquality?’ (l. 578), ‘?præscrib’d?’ (l. 38), ‘?fruicts?’ (l. 144) and ‘?fruictfully?’ …