Found 3 items, similar to prescribe.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: prescribe menulis resep obat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prescribe prescribe v : issue commands or orders for [syn: order, dictate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prescribe Prescribe \Pre*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.] [1913 Webster] 1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct. [1913 Webster] Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine. [1913 Webster] Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish. [1913 Webster] Prescribe \Pre*scribe"\, v. i. 1. To give directions; to dictate. [1913 Webster] A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To influence by long use [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever. [1913 Webster] 4. (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. [1913 Webster]