pre·scribe /prɪˈskraɪb/
(vt.)(vi.)規定,命令,指示,囑咐,開處方
pre·scribe /prɪˈskraɪb/ 動詞
開藥方,開處方,建議
Pre·scribe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing.]
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.
Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak.
Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. --Dryden.
2. Med. To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
Syn: -- To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish.
Pre·scribe, v. i.
1. To give directions; to dictate.
A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. --Locke.
2. To influence by long use [Obs.]
3. Med. To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
4. Law To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.
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prescribe
v : issue commands or orders for [syn: order, dictate]