Imposed and Prescribed

Imposed

Imposed adjective - Set forth authoritatively as obligatory.

Prescribed and imposed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prescribed" instead an adjective "Imposed".

Nearby Words: impose, imposing, imposition, impost

Prescribed

Prescribed adjective - Set down as a rule or guide.
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Imposed and prescribed are semantically related. You can use "Imposed" instead an adjective "Prescribed".

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  • His work Poetics was so admired in Continental Europe (France, Germany and Italy) that his dictates of three-act structure and dramatic unities (which he merely observed rather than prescribed) was imposed as doctrine in drama there.
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