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prescrire.

to prescribe (a medication)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pʁɛs.kʁiʁ/
  1. to prescribe (a medication)

  2. (Reflexive) To lose by prescription, to lapse

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French prescrire (14th c.), borrowed from Latin praescrībere with adaptation to inherited écrire.

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