Definition of prescribe

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

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Prescript :: Prescript (a.) Directed; prescribed.
Formality :: Formality (n.) The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal..
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct..
Informal :: Informal (a.) Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit..
Prescript :: Prescript (n.) Direction; precept; model prescribed.
Diet :: Diet (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet..
Observation :: Observation (n.) Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
Sentence :: Sentence (v. t.) To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.
Set :: Set (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer..
Fate :: Fate (n.) A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.
Ceremony :: Ceremony (n.) Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies..
Formulary :: Formulary (a.) Stated; prescribed; ritual.
Invariance :: Invariance (n.) The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions.
Extra-official :: Extra-official (a.) Not prescribed by official duty.
Liturgy :: Liturgy (a.) An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass..
Diet :: Diet (v. t.) To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of..
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
Prescriptible :: Prescriptible (a.) Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to be prescribed..
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. i.) To give directions; to dictate.
Round :: Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout..
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