Both Uses
prescribe
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- The first, who want to prescribe, are known as prescriptivists, while those content to describe usage are called descrip-tivists.†
Chpt 1 *prescribe = recommend or require what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) give medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- But the examples he gave—calling from a car to have a florist deliver flowers to one's wife, or calling ahead to a pharmacy to request a prescription—seem relatively simple tasks, per-formable with cell phones today.†
Chpt 8prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)