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What does prescribe mean?

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Verb
  1. To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
  2. To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
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Sometimes doctors prescribe a medicated cream or pills to treat difficult warts.
In the United States once a drug is approved doctors who are willing to do so can prescribe it for off-label uses.
Although he does not prescribe medicines, he plays a significant and positive role in healing sick people.
Mr. Joseph will inspect plants, prescribe fertilizers and pesticides, and suggest measures to revitalise them.
Plenty of people assume that the pharmaceuticals their doctors prescribe are better than herbal medicines.
Not every woman tolerates oral contraceptives as well as you do, but doctors frequently prescribe them for hard-to-treat acne.

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