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What (who) is Prescribe - definition
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Prescribing; Prescribe; Perscription; Prescribtion; Presciption; Perscriptions; Persciptions; Prescription in Civil Jurisprudence; Prescriptions; Prescription (disambiguation); Prescription (law)
prescribe
¦ verb
1. advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment), especially in writing.
recommend as beneficial.
2. state authoritatively that (something) should be done in a particular way.
Derivatives
prescribable adjective
prescriber noun
Origin
ME (in the senses 'confine within bounds, claim by prescription'): from L. praescribere 'direct in writing', from prae 'before' + scribere 'write'.
Usage
The verbs prescribe and proscribe do not have the same meaning. Prescribe is a much commoner word and means either 'issue a medical prescription' or 'recommend with authority', as in the doctor prescribed antibiotics. Proscribe, on the other hand, means 'condemn or forbid', as in gambling was strictly proscribed by the authorities.
prescribe
v.
1) (D; tr.) to prescribe for (to prescribe a remedy for the common cold)
2) (formal) (L; subj.) regulations prescribe that a lawyer draw up/should draw up the papers
prescribe
(prescribes, prescribing, prescribed)
1.
If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have.
Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin...
She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets...
The law allows doctors to prescribe contraception to the under 16s.
VERB: V n, V-ed, V n to n
2.
If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out. (FORMAL)
...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president...
Alliott told Singleton he was passing the sentence prescribed by law.
VERB: V n, V-ed
Wikipedia
Prescription
Prescription, prescriptive, or prescribe may refer to:
Examples of use of Prescribe
1. "It does not prescribe teaching methods for young children nor prescribe any testing whatsoever.
2. Several Muslim states prescribe death for apostates.
3. Doctors are allowed to prescribe unlicensed drugs.
4. You must discipline them.‘ "So we prescribe pills instead.
5. They may self–diagnose and self–prescribe via the internet.