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prescribed
adjective
1 prescribed
Set down as a rule or guide.
2 prescribed
Fixed or established especially by order or command.
synonyms: appointed, decreed, ordained.
Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
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
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
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 [Fr.].
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3 prescribed
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline:
— In prescribed order.
synonym: official.
4 prescribed
Formally laid down or imposed.
synonym: positive.
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