as in to specify
to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways
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Recent Examples of prescribe
The process of making anti-venom hasn’t changed much since the 1890s (when, just for some context, doctors were still prescribing heroin for coughs).
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
According to public health and medical researchers, SSRIs are prescribed for depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, which are diagnoses common among transgender people.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
The same specialist, who continued prescribing him with opioids during the last two years of his life, had later signed off on Irsay’s death certificate and assured police that Irsay died from natural causes, according to the report, avoiding an official autopsy and toxicology report.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The report said Haroutunian prescribed Irsay with opioids in the last two years of his life.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
According to public health and medical researchers, SSRIs are prescribed for depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, which are diagnoses common among transgender people.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
The same specialist, who continued prescribing him with opioids during the last two years of his life, had later signed off on Irsay’s death certificate and assured police that Irsay died from natural causes, according to the report, avoiding an official autopsy and toxicology report.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The report said Haroutunian prescribed Irsay with opioids in the last two years of his life.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribe
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Cannon-Brookes wouldn’t specify whether Atlassian considered buying Google’s browser.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Eufy didn’t specify if the Marwalker will eventually be compatible with other robot vacuums.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mercenaries are defined as soldiers who are contracted by third parties unaffiliated with a nation’s armed forces and motivated primarily by private gain.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Rivalries that are long in tenure and thick with hatred define college sports in the Deep South, where football is second only to faith in some places.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Prescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribe. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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