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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prescribed, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. (1577).] Prescribed, appointed or ordained beforehand. = Prescrivit ppl. adj. 2. —1597 James VI Dæmonol. (S.T.S.) 32/26.
They can rayse stormes … in such a particular place and prescribed boundes as God will permitte them so to trouble
