Try Our Apps   Pore Over vs. Pour Over   [pri-skrip-shuh n]
/prɪˈskrɪp ʃən/   1. a direction, usually written, by the
physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a
medicine or remedy.   2. the medicine prescribed:     Take this
prescription three times a day. an act of prescribing. that
which is prescribed.   1. Also called positive prescription. a
long or immemorial use of some right with respect to a thing so
as to give a right to continue such use.   2. Also called
positive prescription. the process of acquiring rights by
uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time.
3. Also called negative prescription. the loss of rights to
legal remedy due to the limitation of time within which an
action can be taken. (of drugs) sold only upon medical
prescription; ethical. Compare over-the-counter (def 2). Origin
of prescription 1250-1300; Middle English < Medieval Latin
praescrīptiōn- (stem of praescrīptiō) legal possession (of
property), law, order, literally, a writing before, hen