prescribe
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- præscribe (archaic)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin praescribere, from prae (“before”) and scribere (“to write”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Usage notes [edit]
- The pronunciation with the stressed first syllable is normally used only when added distinction from proscribe is required.
Verb [edit]
prescribe (third-person singular simple present prescribes, present participle prescribing, simple past and past participle prescribed)
- To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
- The doctor prescribed aspirin.
- To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
- Shakespeare
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- Dryden
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
- Shakespeare
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to order a drug or medical device
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to specify as a required procedure or ritual
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See also [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
prescribe (infinitive prescribir)
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of prescribir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of prescribir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of prescribir.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb affirmative forms
- Spanish verb informal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ir
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
