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Antonyms for prescribed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pri-skrahyb
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈskraɪb


Definition of prescribed

Origin :
  • "to write down as a direction," mid-15c., from Latin praescribere "write beforehand" (see prescription). Related: Prescribed; prescribing. Medical sense is from 1580s, probably a back formation from prescription.
  • adj set as guide
Example sentences :
  • They recite in a timid and indistinct tone the prescribed fustian.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • For this end he is fed, clothed, and prescribed for in sickness.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • In short, fat is eaten daily by all ranks of people, in some way or other, in much larger quantities than is prescribed for soup.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • A patient of his, you might say; anyhow, he prescribed for her.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • If he caught cold there was the medicine Doctor Harley had prescribed.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He was carrying, insecurely, a jug of poppy-head and camomile, which had been prescribed as a lotion.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • No, I think not, for Brassy prescribed for himself and I administered the medicine.
  • Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
  • What medical man has ever lived who has prescribed for so many women?
  • Extract from : « Treatise on the Diseases of Women » by Lydia E. Pinkham
  • Ask the student "doing" prescribed logic to explain the value of the course.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • But the appreciative reading of any work of literature cannot thus be prescribed.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

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