prescribe

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Synonyms: proscribe, rescribe, describe, prescript, prescribed, prescriber, precrime, prescribes, escribe, pre-crime, prestrike

Antonyms: proscribe, rescribe, describe, prescript, prescribed, prescriber, precrime, prescribes, escribe, pre-crime, prestrike

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|medicine}} To [[order]] (a [[drug]] or [[medical]] [[device]]) for use by a particular [[patient]] (under licensed [[authority]]).
2. {{sid|en|require}} To [[specify]] by writing as a required [[procedure]] or [[ritual]]; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
3. {{lb|en|law}} To [[develop]] or [[assert]] a [[right]]; to make a [[claim]] (by [[prescription]]).
4. {{lb|en|law}} To become invalidated or unenforceable by [[prescription]], to lapse

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