prescribe

prescribe is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct. Prescribe not us our duties. Shak. Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. Dryden.

[2] To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.

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