verb#7,023 by frequency
prescribe
/pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/
To order for use by a particular patient; To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action
- he/she/it
- prescribes
- past participle
- prescribed
Meanings
- 1
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority)
The doctor has prescribed you medicine.
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The doctor came, looked at the sick person and prescribed some medicine.
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- 2
To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action
- 3
To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription)rare
- 4
To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapserare