Definition of prescribe Prescribe

/pɹʌskɹajˈb/ - [pruskrayb] - pre•scribe

We found 12 definitions of prescribe from 6 different sources.

What does prescribe mean?

Verb
prescribe - issue commands or orders for
		order, dictate
		inflict, impose, bring down, visit impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
		mandate assign authority to

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prescribe (Verb)
To order a drug or medical device for use by a particular patient.
prescribe (Verb)
To specify as a required procedure or ritual.

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.
prescribe (v. t.)
To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
prescribe (v. i.)
To give directions; to dictate.
prescribe (v. i.)
To influence by long use
prescribe (v. i.)
To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
prescribe (v. i.)
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.

prescribe
To advise and authorise a patient to get and take a certain medicine and/or treatment.

prescribe
prē-skrīb′, v.t. to lay down as a rule or direction: to give as an order: to appoint: (med.) to give directions for, as a remedy: to render useless or invalid through lapse of time.—v.i. to lay down rules: to claim on account of long possession: to become of no force through time.—ns. Prēscrib′er; Prē′script, something prescribed: direction: model prescribed; Prēscriptibil′ity.—adj. Prēscrip′tible, that may be prescribed.—n. Prēscrip′tion, act of prescribing or directing: (med.) a written direction for the preparation of a medicine: a recipe: (law) custom continued until it becomes a right or has the force of law.—adj. Prēscrip′tive, consisting in, or acquired by, custom or long-continued use: customary.—Prescriptive title, a title established by right of prescription. [L. præscribĕre, -scriptum—præ, before, scribĕre, to write.]