prescribe

== English == === Alternative forms === præscribe (archaic) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/, /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/, (proscribed) /pɝˈskɹaɪb/ (distinguished from proscribe) IPA(key): /ˌpɹiːˈskɹaɪb/ Rhymes: -aɪb Homophone: proscribe (in some dialects) === Verb === prescribe (third-person singular simple present prescribes, present participle prescribing, simple past and past participle prescribed) (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority). To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action. (law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription). (law) To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse ==== Antonyms ==== proscribe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Verb === prescribe inflection of prescribir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative