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prescribed

verb , past tense of prescribe

Synonyms and Antonyms of prescribed

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly

in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways

Synonyms of prescribed

defined, laid down, specified

Words Related to prescribed

decreed, dictated, ordained

assigned, directed, fixed, set, settled

arranged, ordered

chose, selected

adjured, bade (or bid), charged, commanded, enjoined, instructed, told

conducted, controlled, governed, led, managed

coerced, compelled, constrained, forced

obligated, obliged, required

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