All 3 Uses of
prescribe
in
Fearless
- The ongoing prescription was for steroid drops and an eye patch that delighted three-year-old Nathan.†
p. 169.9 *prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- In other words, if we tell them to be X number of feet down their lane, if they're under or over that prescribed distance, they underpenetrated or overpenetrated.†
p. 202.9prescribed = recommended or required what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) gave medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- As with his hand, the two-plus-month healing process was slow, painful, and "disgusting," says Kelley, who had a difficult time placing the prescribed drops into his empty eye socket.†
p. 250.2
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