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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imprescriptible \Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible.] 1. Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription; -- of rights. [1913 Webster] The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are imprescriptible. --Vattel (Trans. ) [1913 Webster] 2. Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority; self-evidencing; obvious. [1913 Webster] The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason. --Colerridge. [1913 Webster]