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Prescribe v. t. (past & past part. prescribed; pres. part. prescribing)

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." "Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run."

(Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.

Synonyms: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish.

Prescribe v. i.

To give directions; to dictate. "A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions."

To influence by long use (Obs.)

(Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.

(Law) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.

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... I hastened home, and informed my wife that food was needed for the sick family. I then prescribed a gallon of milk, two loaves of bread, some butter, meat and potatoes, and sent my boy with these; and had the pleasure to hear in a few days that they ...

— Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer • S. B. Shaw

... and now, dependent solely upon him, welcomed to his home and fireside, she nevertheless strove to dominate as of yore. He had had to tell her Angela could not and should not be subjected to such restraints as the sister would have prescribed, but so long as he was the sole victim he whimsically bore it without vehement protest. "Convert me all you can, Janet, dear," he said, "but don't try to reform the whole regiment. It's ...

— An Apache Princess - A Tale of the Indian Frontier • Charles King

... equally able and hard- working assistant. Louvois (1641-1691) was one of the greatest war ministers that the world has ever seen. He recruited and supported the largest and finest standing army of his day. He introduced severe regulations and discipline. He prescribed, for the first time in history, a distinctive military uniform and introduced the custom of marching in step. Under his supervision, camp life was placed upon a sanitary basis. And under his influence, promotion in the service no longer depended primarily on social ...

— A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. • Carlton J. H. Hayes

... been shrunk on with the degree of tension usually allowed, the layer situated in the internal radius will be extended beyond admissible limits, thereby causing the resistance of the gun to be less than that prescribed.[4] ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 • Various

... approved the plan, and as soon as the castle on the island could be prepared for their reception he and the prince arrived there, Schahzaman never leaving his son except for the prescribed public audiences ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments • Andrew Lang.

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