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Pronunciation : Pre*scribe"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
Definition : 1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct. Prescribe not us our duties. Shak. Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. Dryden.

2. (Med.)

Defn: To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.

Syn. -- To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish.

t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pre*scribe"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To give directions; to dictate. A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. Locke.

2. To influence by long use [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

3. (Med.)

Defn: To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.

4. (Law)

Defn: 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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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913