"misprescribe" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misprescribes [present, singular, third-person], misprescribing [participle, present], misprescribed [participle, past], misprescribed [past]
Etymology: mis- + prescribe Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|prescribe}} mis- + prescribe Head templates: {{en-verb}} misprescribe (third-person singular simple present misprescribes, present participle misprescribing, simple past and past participle misprescribed)
  1. To prescribe (a medicine) erroneously. Related terms: misprescription
    Sense id: en-misprescribe-en-verb-pzWY5gfL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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