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Word: Prescribe
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (in the sense ‘confine within bounds’, also as a legal term meaning ‘claim by prescription’): from Latin praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’
prɪˈskrʌɪb
(of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing
Short Definition:advise and authorize use of medicine or treatment for someone
Examples:- her doctor prescribed sleeping tablets
- he was prescribed a course of antibiotics
state authoritatively or as a rule that (an action or procedure) should be carried out
Short Definition:state authoritatively or as rule that action or procedure should be carried out
Examples:- rules prescribing five acts for a play are purely arbitrary
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