v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct. | |
2. | (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine. | |
v. i. | 1. | To give directions; to dictate. |
2. | To influence by long use | |
3. | (Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever. | |
4. | (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. |
Verb | 1. | prescribe - issue commands or orders for |