"præscribe" meaning in All languages combined

See præscribe on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: præscribes [present, singular, third-person], præscribing [participle, present], præscribed [participle, past], præscribed [past], præscrib'd [participle, past], præscrib'd [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=præscrib'd}} præscribe (third-person singular simple present præscribes, present participle præscribing, simple past and past participle præscribed or præscrib'd)
  1. Archaic spelling of prescribe. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: prescribe
    Sense id: en-præscribe-en-verb-5OuRwaxh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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