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prescribed |
2 definitions found 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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