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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prescribe \Pre*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prescribed}; p. pr
& vb n. {Prescribing}.] [L. praescribere praescriptum prae
before + scriebe to write. See {Scribe}.]
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.) 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prescribed
adj 1: set down as a rule or guide
2: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the
time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: {appointed},
{decreed}, {ordained}]
3: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in
prescribed order" [syn: {official}]
4: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn: {positive}]
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