prescribe

Verb
  1. Issue commands or orders for (synset 200749139)
    is a type of: bring down, impose, inflict, visit - impose something unpleasant
    subtypes: mandate - make mandatory
    same as: dictate, order
  2. Recommend as beneficial (synset 201074513)
    "my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills"
    is a type of: advocate, recommend, urge - push for something
  3. (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription (synset 201074284)
    "the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble"
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    is a type of: enjoin, order, say, tell - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

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