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]
- IPA(key): /pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/
- (distinguished from proscribe) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪːˌskɹaɪb/
- Rhymes: -aɪb
- Homophone: proscribe (in some dialects)
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.
- The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.
- William Shakespeare
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- John Dryden
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
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
- 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.
