Prescribe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See Synonyms at dictate.
  • v. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).
  • verb-intransitive. To establish rules, laws, or directions.
  • verb-intransitive. To order a medicine or other treatment.
  • verb-intransitive. Law To assert a right or title to something on the grounds of prescription.
  • verb-intransitive. Law To become invalidated or unenforceable by the process of prescription.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
  • v. To specify as a required procedure or ritual.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
  • v. To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
  • verb-intransitive. To give directions; to dictate.
  • verb-intransitive. To influence by long use.
  • verb-intransitive. To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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 like
  • To become extinguished or of no validity through lapse of time, as a right, debt, obligation, and the like. See prescription
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. issue commands or orders for
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bring down    inflict    visit    impose   
    Cross Reference
    proscribe   
    Hyponym
    mandate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dictate    appoint    direct   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Scribe    ascribe    bribe    circumscribe    describe    gibe    imbibe    inscribe    jibe    oversubscribe