Antonyms for prescribe


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


Definition of prescribe

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.
  • verb stipulate action to be taken
Example sentences :
  • You are not placed near them for that, but only to receive your fees and to prescribe remedies.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • Does it, however, become us to prescribe rules to Omniscience?
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Are you, who refuse ever body's advice, to prescribe a husband to your sister?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • For the present he can but prescribe a purgative and a massage of the arm and spine.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • I will do as you prescribe, said Aristophanes, and now get on.
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
  • As your doctor, now, I prescribe a swim to cool the excessive heat of your humours.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Who do you think can prescribe, unless he knows the truth of the case?
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It is a great pity that nobody knows how to prescribe for the heart.
  • Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
  • (c) To prescribe the fundamental rules of order and discipline.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • I am careful not to prescribe the source too narrowly, for it must be to our own liking, and to our own need.
  • Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson

Synonyms for prescribe

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