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   prescribe

   /prɪˈskrʌɪb/

   verb

   • 1. (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing: "her doctor prescribed sleeping tablets" Similar orderadviseauthorizedirect
   • ▪ recommend (a substance or action) as something beneficial: "marriage is often prescribed as a universal remedy" Similar adviserecommendadvocatecommendurgesuggestsubscribe toendorsesupportbackchampionargue forpromote
   • 2. state authoritatively or as a rule that (an action or procedure) should be carried out: "rules prescribing five acts for a play are purely arbitrary" Similar stipulatelay downdictatespecifyimposeset downdetermineestablishfixformulateappointdecreeordercommandpronounceordainrequiredirectenjoinmake provision forpromulgate

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘confine within bounds’, also as a legal term meaning ‘claim by prescription’): from Latin praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prescribable adjective
   • 2. prescriber noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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