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prescribe::verb | Spocien Dictionary

prescribe

verb

/prɪ'skraɪb/

issue commands or orders for

Type	Words
Synonyms	dictate, order
Type of	impose, visit, inflict, bring down
Has types	mandate
Derivation	prescription, prescriptive

prescribe

verb

/prɪ'skraɪb/

(medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription

Type	Words
Type of	enjoin, order, say, tell

the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble.

prescribe

verb

/prɪ'skraɪb/

recommend as beneficial

Type	Words
Type of	advocate, recommend, urge

my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills.