All 3 Uses
prescribe
in
A Thousand Acres
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- My father was easily offended, but normally he was easily mollified, too, if you spoke your prescribed part with a proper appearance of remorse.†
p. 33.1prescribed = recommended or required what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) gave medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- If he needs more, he'll have to get a prescription from his family physician.†
p. 145.5prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- Pam, I knew, would get in the car, Rose's old car, and drive herself to school and follow the course of activities prescribed for her.†
p. 357.5 *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
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)