prescribe.
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
Meaning & usage
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
The doctor prescribed aspirin.
To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.
To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).
To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin praescrībōbor. English prescribe Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”).
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