To inscribe beforehand or in front.To lay down beforehand, in writing or otherwise, as a rule of action; ordain; appoint; define authoritatively.Specifically, to advise, appoint, or designate as a remedy for disease.In law, to render invalid through lapse of time or negative prescription.Synonyms To order, command, dictate, institute, establish.To set rules; lay down the law; dictate.To give medical directions; designate the remedies to be used: as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.In law: To claim by prescription; claim a title to a thing by immemorial use and enjoyment: with for: as, to prescribe for a right of way, of common, or the likeTo become extinguished or of no validity through lapse of time, as a right, debt, obligation, and the like. See prescription