All 5 Uses of
prescribe
in
In the Time of the Butterflies
- Mama, of course, noticed the tightening in my face. My bad headaches and asthma attacks worried her. "You need rest," she prescribed one afternoon and sent me to bed in Papa's room, the coolest in the house.
Chpt 2.6 *prescribed = recommended
- Prescriptions for his medicines, a bill for a Panama hat he'd been wearing around the farm, a new, important look for him.†
Chpt 2.6
- Monte Cristi was too hot, desert really, and their doctor had prescribed healthier air for the little boy.†
Chpt 2.8
- How many times hadn't the sweet, shy girl in the white jacket taken care of my prescriptions.†
Chpt 3.10
- I reached for the prescription pad on her desk and wrote down Sina's name with a big question mark.†
Chpt 3.12
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