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prescribed
[ pri-skrahybd ]
adjective
- dictated or indicated as a rule or course of action to be followed:
To limit your definition of art to certain prescribed forms is to cut yourself off from the bulk of human existence.
- Medicine/Medical. (of a medicine, treatment, etc.) recommended or ordered by a qualified practitioner:
Test results for legal or prescribed drugs are returned in about two minutes.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of prescribe ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·· adjective
- -· adjective
- ܲ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of prescribed1
Example Sentences
But making the main hero of "The Last of Us" the target of righteous vendetta invites viewers to reckon with the concept of justice long prescribed in Westerns.
It is a painful process for Albi and he is prescribed painkillers, but his Mum said they were often not strong enough.
It also allows the government to extradite Zambians deemed to have committed any offence under the law, with a range of jail terms prescribed.
Here, with support and dignity, some choose to end their lives by taking prescribed medication, highlighting the deeply personal, and often tender, process of dying.
She says steroid and moisturiser creams prescribed by her GP "just made me burn and itch", so she was referred to see a dermatologist.
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