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   Prescribe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed ; p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
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   To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
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   Prescribe not us our duties.
   Shak.
   
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   Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
   Dryden.
   
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   (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
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   Syn. -- To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish.
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   Prescribe, v. i.
   To give directions; to dictate.
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   A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions.
   Locke.
   
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   To influence by long use [Obs.]
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   (Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
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   (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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