prescribe
Meaning
- To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
- To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
- To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).
- To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse
Synonyms
marking-out
write too much
Translations
prescrire
vorschreiben
voorschrijven
prescrever
prescrivere
prescribir
prescriureFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”).
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