All 4 Uses of
prescribe
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- In his work itself, especially in his examinations, he very soon acquired a method of eliminating all considerations irrelevant to the legal aspect of the case, and reducing even the most complicated case to a form in which it would be presented on paper only in its externals, completely excluding his personal opinion of the matter, while above all observing every prescribed formality.†
Chpt 2
- Give me the prescription and I'll send Gerasim to the chemist's.†
Chpt 4
- A homeopathist diagnosed the disease in yet another way, and prescribed medicine which Ivan Ilych took secretly for a week.†
Chpt 4
- she would say to her friends, "Ivan Ilych can't do as other people do, and keep to the treatment prescribed for him."
Chpt 4 *prescribed = recommend
Definition:
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(prescribe) to recommend or require what should be done
or more specifically:
of a medical doctor: to give medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics