1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See synonyms at dictate. 2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To establish rules, laws, or directions. 2. To order a medicine or other treatment. 3.Lawa. To assert a right or title to something on the grounds of prescription. b. To become invalidated or unenforceable by the process of prescription.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English prescriben, from Latin praescrbere : prae-, pre- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Appendix I.
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