1. prescribe - verb
· issue commands or orders for
Hypernym(s): inflict, bring_down, visit, impose
2. prescribe - verb
· recommend as beneficial; "my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills"
Hypernym(s): recommend, urge, advocate
3. prescribe - verb
· (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription; "the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble"
Hypernym(s): order, tell, enjoin, say
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