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imprescriptible
Word definitions for imprescriptible in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not subject to prescription: absolute, inalienable.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Imprescriptible \Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible.] Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription; -- of rights. The right of navigation, fishing, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"inalienable, not subject to prescription," 1560s, French imprescriptible (16c.) or a native formation from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + Latin praescriptus , past participle of praescribere "to write beforehand" (see prescribe ). Usually ...
Usage examples of imprescriptible.
It encroaches on our imprescriptible rights in refusing to let a district revoke at will the five members elected to represent it at the Hôtel-de-Ville, in passing ordinances without obtaining the approval of voters, in preventing citizens from assembling where they please, in interrupting the out-door meetings of the clubs in the Palais Royal where "Patriots are driven away be the patrol.