Entry Word: prescribe

Function: verb

Meaning: to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly <in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways>

Synonyms define, lay down, specify

Related Words decree, dictate, ordain; assign, direct, fix, set, settle; arrange, order; choose, select; adjure, bid, charge, command, enjoin, instruct, tell; conduct, control, lead, manage; coerce, constrain, force; oblige, require