Meaning Of The Word Prescribe

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prescribe
verb: If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have.
verb: If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out.

prescribe in American English
to set down as a rule or direction; order; ordain; direct
to set down or impose rules; dictate
intransitive verb: to lay down rules; direct; dictate
transitive verb: to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin

prescribe in British English
verb: to lay down as a rule or directive

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