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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Prescrive,) -scryve, v.2 [Altered Sc. var. of Proscrive v.: for the appar. confusion of pre- and pro-, cf. the similar confusion of præ- and pro- in med. L.] tr. To condemn or denounce. —a1568 Scott i 58.
Thair vitious leving all the warld prescryvis [: prerogatyvis, wyvis, lyvis]
