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prescribe

appoint; to order a medicine: prescribe a painkiller
Not to be confused with:
proscribe – prohibit, censure, repudiate; to banish: proscribe drinking in a public park
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pre·scribe

 (prĭ-skrīb′)
v. pre·scribed, pre·scrib·ing, pre·scribes
v.tr.
1. To set down as a rule, law, or direction: prescribed the terms of the surrender.
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.

[Middle English prescriben, from Latin praescrībere : prae-, pre- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·scrib′er n.
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prescribe

(prɪˈskraɪb)
vb
1. to lay down as a rule or directive
2. (Law) law to claim or acquire (a right, title, etc) by prescription
3. (Law) law to make or become invalid or unenforceable by lapse of time
4. (Medicine) med to recommend or order the use of (a drug or other remedy)
[C16: from Latin praescrībere to write previously, from prae before + scrībere to write]
preˈscriber n
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pre•scribe

(prɪˈskraɪb)

v. -scribed, -scrib•ing. v.t.
1. to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
2. to designate or order the use of (a medicine, treatment, etc.).
v.i.
3. to lay down rules; direct; dictate.
4. to order a treatment or medicine.
5. to claim a legal right or title by virtue of long use; make a prescriptive claim.
[1425–75; < Latin praescrībere to write at the head of, appoint, prescribe =prae- pre- + scrībere to write]
pre•scrib′a•ble, adj.
pre•scrib′er, n.
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prescribe


Past participle: prescribed
Gerund: prescribing

Imperative
prescribe
prescribe
Present
I prescribe
you prescribe
he/she/it prescribes
we prescribe
you prescribe
they prescribe
Preterite
I prescribed
you prescribed
he/she/it prescribed
we prescribed
you prescribed
they prescribed
Present Continuous
I am prescribing
you are prescribing
he/she/it is prescribing
we are prescribing
you are prescribing
they are prescribing
Present Perfect
I have prescribed
you have prescribed
he/she/it has prescribed
we have prescribed
you have prescribed
they have prescribed
Past Continuous
I was prescribing
you were prescribing
he/she/it was prescribing
we were prescribing
you were prescribing
they were prescribing
Past Perfect
I had prescribed
you had prescribed
he/she/it had prescribed
we had prescribed
you had prescribed
they had prescribed
Future
I will prescribe
you will prescribe
he/she/it will prescribe
we will prescribe
you will prescribe
they will prescribe
Future Perfect
I will have prescribed
you will have prescribed
he/she/it will have prescribed
we will have prescribed
you will have prescribed
they will have prescribed
Future Continuous
I will be prescribing
you will be prescribing
he/she/it will be prescribing
we will be prescribing
you will be prescribing
they will be prescribing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been prescribing
you have been prescribing
he/she/it has been prescribing
we have been prescribing
you have been prescribing
they have been prescribing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been prescribing
you will have been prescribing
he/she/it will have been prescribing
we will have been prescribing
you will have been prescribing
they will have been prescribing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been prescribing
you had been prescribing
he/she/it had been prescribing
we had been prescribing
you had been prescribing
they had been prescribing
Conditional
I would prescribe
you would prescribe
he/she/it would prescribe
we would prescribe
you would prescribe
they would prescribe
Past Conditional
I would have prescribed
you would have prescribed
he/she/it would have prescribed
we would have prescribed
you would have prescribed
they would have prescribed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.prescribe - issue commands or orders for
inflict, impose, bring down, visit - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
mandate - make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
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prescribe

verb
1. specify, order, direct, stipulate, write a prescription for Our doctor prescribed antibiotics for her throat infection.
2. ordain, set, order, establish, rule, require, fix, recommend, impose, appoint, command, define, dictate, assign, lay down, decree, stipulate, enjoin The judge said he was passing the sentence prescribed by law.
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prescribe

verb
To set forth expressly and authoritatively:
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Translations
يَصِفُ الطبيبُ الدّواءَيَصِفُ الطَّبِيبُ عِلاجَاً
předepsat
ordinereforeskriveforeslå
määrätä lääkettä
propisati
elõír
skrifa lyfseîil; ráîleggja
処方する
처방하다
ieteikt, norādītparakstīt
predpisati
förskriva
สั่งจ่ายยา
ilaç yazmakreçete yazmaktavsiye etmekvermek
kê thuốc

prescribe

[prɪˈskraɪb]
A. VT
1. (= lay down, order) → prescribir, ordenar
in the prescribed wayen conformidad con lo prescrito
prescribed bookslecturas fpl obligatorias
the prescribed punishmentla pena establecida or prescrita
2. [+ medicine] → recetar
to prescribe sth for sb; prescribe sb sth [+ medicine] → recetar algo a algn
the doctor prescribed a course of antibiotics for meel médico me recetó antibióticos
he prescribed complete restrecomendó reposo absoluto
the prescribed dosela dosis prescrita
what do you prescribe?¿qué me recomienda?
B. VI (Med) → recetar
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prescribe

[prɪˈskraɪb] vt
(MEDICINE) [+ drugs, rest, corrective lenses] → prescrire
to prescribe sth for sb → prescrire qch à qn
to prescribe sth for sth → prescrire qch pour qch
[+ course of action, penalty, rules] → prescrire
prescribed by law → prescrit(e) par la loi
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prescribe

vt
(= order, lay down)vorschreiben; prescribed readingPflichtlektüre f
(Med, fig) → verschreiben, verordnen (sth for sb jdm etw); the prescribed dose/punishmentdie verordnete Dosis/Strafe
vi (= lay down rules)Vorschriften machen
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prescribe

[prɪˈskraɪb] vt (gen) (Med) → prescrivere, ordinare (fig) → consigliare
prescribed books (Scol, Univ) → testi mpl in programma
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prescribe

(prəˈskraib) verb
to advise or order (the use of). My doctor prescribed some pills for my cold; Here is a list of books prescribed by the examiners for the exam.
preˈscription (-ˈskrip-)
noun.
1. a doctor's (usually written) instructions for the preparing and taking of a medicine. He gave me a prescription to give to the chemist.
2. the act of prescribing.
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prescribe

يَصِفُ الطَّبِيبُ عِلاجَاً předepsat ordinere verschreiben συνταγογραφώ prescribir määrätä lääkettä prescrire propisati prescrivere 処方する 처방하다 voorschrijven foreskrive zalecić receitar предписывать förskriva สั่งจ่ายยา ilaç yazmak kê thuốc 开处方
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pre·scribe

v. prescribir, recetar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

prescribe

vt recetar, prescribir
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References in classic literature ?
A Fox asked him, "How can you pretend to prescribe for others, when you are unable to heal your own lame gait and wrinkled skin?'
And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
What reasonable cause of apprehension can be inferred from a power in the Union to prescribe regulations for the militia, and to command its services when necessary, while the particular States are to have the SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE APPOINTMENT OF THE OFFICERS?
I fear to breathe any treason against the majesty of love, which is the genius and god of gifts, and to whom we must not affect to prescribe. Let him give kingdoms or flower-leaves indifferently.
Nay, some are so cautious on this head, that, to avoid a possibility of killing the patient, they abstain from all methods of curing, and prescribe nothing but what can neither do good nor harm.
He asked any student who happened to be standing near him what he would prescribe for a patient he had just seen.
I shall confine myself to a cursory review of the remaining powers comprehended under this third description, to wit: to regulate commerce among the several States and the Indian tribes; to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin; to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the current coin and secureties of the United States; to fix the standard of weights and measures; to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws of bankruptcy, to prescribe the manner in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State shall be proved, and the effect they shall have in other States; and to establish post offices and post roads.
Nature's Law prescribes two antagonistic decrees affecting Circular propagation; first, that as the race climbs higher in the scale of development, so development shall proceed at an accelerated pace; second, that in the same proportion, the race shall become less fertile.
And if some one prescribes for him a course of dietetics, and tells him that he must swathe and swaddle his head, and all that sort of thing, he replies at once that he has no time to be ill, and that he sees no good in a life which is spent in nursing his disease to the neglect of his customary employment; and therefore bidding good-bye to this sort of physician, he resumes his ordinary habits, and either gets well and lives and does his business, or, if his constitution falls, he dies and has no more trouble.
Drug prescribing by generic names was minimal which suggests that clinicians should be encouraged to prescribe using generic names of drugs.
Within the competencies and standards established by the NANB Board of Directors, NPs have the authority to prescribe drugs and since September 2014, NPs have been prescribing controlled drugs and substances.
The only nurses who can currently prescribe medicines in Australia are nursing practitioners and midwives with an endorsement for scheduled medicines.

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