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prescribing

 

  1  definition  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.




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