Word
Prescribe
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
pre-scribe
Definition
- 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.
- v. t. - To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as,
the doctor prescribed quinine.
- v. i. - To give directions; to dictate.
- v. i. - To influence by long use
- v. i. - To write or to give medical directions; to indicate
remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
- 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.
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