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prescribe
What does prescribe mean?
prescribe (verb): to order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use prescribe in a sentence?
How do you pronounce prescribe?
/pɹəˈskɹaɪb/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does prescribe come from?
Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to prescribe
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “prescribe” mean?
to physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged)
Not quite: that's what mend means.
to slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have
Not quite: that's what skid means.
to order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority)
Right! That's what “prescribe” means.
to import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
Not quite: that's what smuggle means.
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