"prescribed" in the verb sense
1. order, prescribe, dictate
issue commands or orders for
2. prescribe
recommend as beneficial
"my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills"
3. prescribe
medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
"the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble"
"prescribed" in the adjective sense
1. prescribed
set down as a rule or guide
2. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed
fixed or established especially by order or command
"at the time appointed (or the appointed time)"
3. official, prescribed
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
"in prescribed order"
4. positive, prescribed
formally laid down or imposed
"positive laws"
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