Prescribing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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