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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Prescribe \Pre*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr
& vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae
before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
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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.
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Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak.
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Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
--Dryden.
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2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as,
the doctor prescribed quinine.
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Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute;
establish.
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WordNet prescribed
adj 1: set down as a rule or guide
2: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the
time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: appointed,
decreed, ordained]
3: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in
prescribed order" [syn: official]
4: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn: positive]

Moby Dictionary
accepted , authoritative , binding , bound , bounded , canonical ,
conditioned , confined , conformable , consuetudinary , conventional ,
copyrighted , cramped , current , customary , dictated , didactic ,
disciplined , established , everyday , familiar , finite , formulary ,
generally accepted , hard and fast , instructive , limited , mandatory ,
moderated , narrow , normal , obtaining , official , ordinary , patented ,
popular , preceptive , prescript , prescriptive , prevalent ,
proscribed , qualified , received , regular , regulation , restricted ,
rubric , set , standard , statutory , stock , strait , straitened ,
time-honored , traditional , usual , widespread , wonted