prescribe

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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine. Source: opted

3. v. i. To give directions; to dictate. Source: opted

4. v. i. To influence by long use Source: opted

5. v. i. To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

7. v. issue commands or orders for Source: wordnet

8. v. recommend as beneficial Source: wordnet

9. v. (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

11. To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctorprescribed quinine. Source: adambom

12. v:100 v issue commands or orders for Source: ecdict

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