Thesaurus: prescribe

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1. v. t. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
2. v. t. To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
3. v. i. To give directions; to dictate.
4. v. i. To influence by long use
5. v. i. To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
6. v. i. 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.
7. v. issue commands or orders for
8. v. recommend as beneficial
9. v. (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
10. 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. 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.
11. To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctorprescribed quinine.
12. v:100 v issue commands or orders for