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forescript

forescript noun: a prescription.

Noun

forescript (plural forescripts)

  1. A prescription.
    • On this point all are agreed; on this and, I am sorry to say, on one other: qui medice vivit, misere vivit, "it is a miserable life to live after the physician's forescript."1886, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 29, page 822
    • In the postscript or the forescript of Mr. Balfour's address he said, 'Vote for A. J. Balfour and peace with all the world.' (Laughter.) That was not exactly the phrase that he should pick out as fitted for the tombstone of the late Government.1904, Concord - Volumes 20-22 - Page 179

Forms of forescript

pluralforescripts

Origin of forescript

From fore- + script.

Questions about forescript

What does forescript mean?
Forescript means a prescription.
What part of speech is forescript?
Forescript is a noun.
What is the plural of forescript?
The plural of forescript is forescripts.

Words near forescript in the dictionary

  1. forescenting
  2. forescents
  3. forescreen
  4. forescreens
  5. forescribed
  6. forescript
  7. forescripts
  8. foresee
  9. foreseeabilities
  10. foreseeability
  11. foreseeable

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