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What does "prescribe" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.To give directions; to dictate. A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. Locke.
  2. 3.To influence by long use [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
  3. 4.(Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
  4. 5.(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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