All 4 Uses of
prescribe
in
The Handmaid's Tale
- The white wings too are prescribed issue; they are to keep us from seeing, but also from being seen.†
Chpt 2 *prescribed = recommended or required what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) gave medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- The daily walk is no longer prescribed, to keep her abdominal muscles in working order.†
Chpt 5
- The knock is prescribed: the sitting room is supposed to be Serena Joy's territory, he's supposed to ask permission to enter it.†
Chpt 15
- Maybe it's been medically prescribed: ten rows a day of plain, ten of purl.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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
or more specifically:
of a medical doctor: to give medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics