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Prescribe

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What's The Definition Of Prescribe?
[v] issue commands or orders for
Synonyms | Synonyms for Prescribe: dictate | order Related Terms | Find terms related to Prescribe: See Also | bring down | impose | inflict | visit Prescribe In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prescribed}; p. pr
& vb. n. {Prescribing}.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae
before + scriebe to write. See {Scribe}.]
1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule
of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to
appoint; to direct.
Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak.
Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
--Dryden.
2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as,
the doctor prescribed quinine.
Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute;
establish.
\Pre*scribe"\, v. i. 1. To give directions; to dictate. A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. --Locke. 2. To influence by long use [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. (Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever. 4. (Law) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law. |
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