prescribe

(prĭ-skrīb')

v., -scribed, -scrib·ing, -scribes.

v.tr.

1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See synonyms at dictate.
2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).

v.intr.

1. To establish rules, laws, or directions.
2. To order a medicine or other treatment.
3. Law.
   1. To assert a right or title to something on the grounds of prescription.
   2. To become invalidated or unenforceable by the process of prescription.

[Middle English prescriben, from Latin praescrībere : prae-, pre- + scrībere, to write.]

prescriber pre·scrib'er n.

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verb

To set forth expressly and authoritatively: decree, dictate, fix, impose, lay down, ordain. Idioms: call theshotstune, lay it on the line. See over/under.

For a list of words related to prescribe, see:

• Reasoning and Informing - prescribe: lay down a course to follow

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - foreskrive, bestemme, ordinere
v. intr. - skrive en recept, fastlægge regler

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorschrijven, verordenen, (een doktersrecept) uitschrijven

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Méd, fig) prescrire, imposer (une règle)
v. intr. - (Méd, fig) prescrire

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorschreiben, verordnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραγγέλλω, εντέλλομαι, (ιατρ.) δίνω/γράφω συνταγή, επιβάλλω, υπαγορεύω, επιτάσσω

Italiano (Italian)
decretare, fissare, ordinare, prescrivere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prescrever

Русский (Russian)
предписывать, прописывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prescribir, dictar, ordenar, recetar
v. intr. - prescribir, dictar, ordenar, recetar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - föreskriva, fastställa, ordinera (läk.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
规定, 指定, 嘱咐, 开, 为...开, 使失效, 给医嘱, 开药方, 要求

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 規定, 指定, 囑咐, 開, 為...開, 使失效
v. intr. - 規定, 指定, 給醫囑, 開藥方, 要求

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 규정하다, 지시하다
v. intr. - 규칙을 정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 命令する, 規定する, 処方する, 時効にする, 処方を書く, 消滅時効を主張する, 時効になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحدد, يقرر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮המליץ, ציווה, קבע, רשם (תרופה) ל-, הטיל על‬
v. intr. - ‮תבע חזקה על‬

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