Definitions of Prescribe [ɪˈskraɪb]

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Definition of 'Prescribe'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) prescribe
to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.

2.  prescribe
to designate or order the use of (a medicine, treatment, etc.).

3. (v.i.) prescribe
to lay down rules; direct; dictate.

4.  prescribe
to order a treatment or medicine.

5.  prescribe
to claim a legal right or title by virtue of long use; make a prescriptive claim.

Etymology: (1425–75; < L praescrībere to write at the head of, appoint, prescribe =prae-pre - +scrībere to write)

Definition of 'Prescribe'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) order, prescribe, dictate
issue commands or orders for

Definition of 'Prescribe'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) prescribe
(of a doctor) to tell a patient to take a particular medication
The doctor prescribed some heart medications.

Definition of 'Prescribe'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Prescribe
to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct

2. (verb) Prescribe
to direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine

3. (verb) Prescribe
to give directions; to dictate

4. (verb) Prescribe
to influence by long use

5. (verb) Prescribe
to write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever

6. (verb) Prescribe
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

Translation of 'Prescribe'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to advise or order (the use of) My doctor prescribed some pills for my cold; Here is a list of books prescribed by the examiners for the exam.
Afrikaans: voorskryf	Arabic: يَصِفُ الطبيبُ الدّواءَ	Bulgarian: предписвам
Brazilian: prescrever	Czech: předepsat	German: verordnen, vorschreiben
Danish: ordinere; foreskrive; for	Greek: υποδεικνύω, (καθ)ορίζω, δ	Spanish: recetar; prescribir
Estonian: ette kirjutama	Farsi: تجویز کردن	Finnish: määrätä
French: prescrire	Hebrew: לִרשוֹם תְרוּפָה, לְהַמלִ	Hindi: निर्धारित करना
Croatian: propisati, odrediti	Hungarian: előír, felír	Indonesian: membuat resep
Icelandic: skrifa lyfseðil; ráðleggj	Italian: prescrivere; stabilire	Japanese: 処方する
Korean: 처방하다	Lithuanian: išrašyti, nurodyti	Latvian: parakstīt (zāles); ieteik
Malay: mempreskripsikan	Dutch: voorschrijven	Norwegian: foreskrive, skrive resept
Polish: przepisać, zalecić	Persian: توصيه کردن	Pashto: توصيه كول
Portuguese: recomendar	Romanian: a prescrie; a recomanda	Russian: предписывать; прописывать
Slovak: predpísať	Slovenian: predpisati	Serbian: prepisati
Swedish: ordinera, föreskriva; [en	Thai: สั่งจ่ายยา	Turkish: vermek, tavsiye etmek, re
Taiwanese: 命令，開(藥)方	Ukrainian: приписувати, наказувати	Urdu: ہدايت کرنا، تشخيص کرنا
Vietnamese: liệt kê	Chinese: 命令，开（药）方
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