præscribe

A form of prescribe — To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).

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Meanings

verbpræscribe (third-person singular simple present præscribes, present participle præscribing, simple past and past participle præscribed or præscrib'd)

present singular third person præscribes · participle present præscribing · participle past præscribed · past præscribed · participle past præscrib'd · past præscrib'd

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of prescribe.

    1572–1637: Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:

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    The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are — ‘ æquall ’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘ æqually ’ (l. 576), ‘ æquality ’ (l. 578), ‘ præscrib’d ’ (l. 38), ‘ fruicts ’ (l. 144) and ‘ fruictfully ’ […]

    1954: Charles Harold Herford [ed.], Percy Simpson [ed.], Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson [ed.], Ben Jonson, page 273 (Clarendon Press)
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APA

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MLA

“præscribe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pr%C3%A6scribe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “præscribe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pr%C3%A6scribe.

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