"prescribe" meaning in English

See prescribe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/, /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/, /ˌpɹiːˈskɹaɪb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prescribe.wav Forms: prescribes [present, singular, third-person], prescribing [participle, present], prescribed [participle, past], prescribed [past]
Rhymes: -aɪb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{bor|en|la|praescrībere}} Latin praescrībere Head templates: {{en-verb}} prescribe (third-person singular simple present prescribes, present participle prescribing, simple past and past participle prescribed)
  1. (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority). Categories (topical): Medicine, Directives Translations (to order a drug or medical device): voorskryf (Afrikaans), parashkruaj (Albanian), وَصَفَ (waṣafa) (Arabic), նշանակել (nšanakel) (Armenian), errezetatu (Basque), предписвам (predpisvam) (Bulgarian), prescriure (Catalan), receptar (Catalan), 開藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 开药 (kāiyào) (Chinese Mandarin), 處方 (Chinese Mandarin), 处方 (chǔfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), předepisovat [imperfective] (Czech), ordinovat [imperfective] (Czech), voorschrijven (Dutch), kirjoittaa resepti (Finnish), määrätä (Finnish), prescrire (French), indiquer (French), ordonner (French), verschreiben (German), verordnen (German), felír (Hungarian), preskriptar (Ido), meresepkan (Indonesian), prescrivere (Italian), ordinare (Italian), 処方する (shohō suru) (alt: しょほうする) (Japanese), tūtohi (Maori), tūtohu (Maori), hwekeza (Ngazidja Comorian), نسخه نوشتن (nosxe neveštan) (Persian), نسخه پیچیدن (nosxe pičidan) (Persian), przepisywać [imperfective] (Polish), ordynować [imperfective] (Polish), wydać receptę na (lek) (Polish), prescrever (Portuguese), receitar (Portuguese), prescrie (Romanian), ordona (Romanian), пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), назнача́ть (naznačátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прописи́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), propisívati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), predpisovať [imperfective] (Slovak), ordinovať [imperfective] (Slovak), prescribir (Spanish), recetar (Spanish), ordinera (Swedish), förskriva (Swedish), magreseta (Tagalog), reçete yazmak (Turkish), признача́ти (pryznačáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action. Translations (to specify as a required procedure or ritual): voorskryf (Afrikaans), porosis (Albanian), urdhëroj (Albanian), أَمَرَ (ʔamara) (Arabic), আদেশ করা (adeś kora) (Bengali), давам предписание (davam predpisanie) (Bulgarian), 規定 (Chinese Mandarin), 规定 (guīdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), předepisovat [imperfective] (Czech), nařizovat [imperfective] (Czech), voorschrijven (Dutch), säätää (Finnish), määrätä (Finnish), prescrire (French), ordonner (French), vorschreiben (German), verordnen (German), előír (Hungarian), mempreskripsikan (Indonesian), memerintahkan (Indonesian), prescrivere (Italian), ordinare (Italian), 規定する (kitei suru) (alt: きていする) (Japanese), sċrīfan (Old English), تجویز کردن (tajviz kardan) (Persian), zarządzać [imperfective] (Polish), nakazywać [imperfective] (Polish), dyktować [imperfective] (Polish), ustanawiać [imperfective] (Polish), ordynować [imperfective] (Polish), prescrever (Portuguese), ordenar (Portuguese), prescrie (Romanian), ordona (Romanian), предпи́сывать (predpísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), устана́вливать (ustanávlivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прописи́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), propisívati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), predpisovať [imperfective] (Slovak), nariaďovať [imperfective] (Slovak), prescribir (Spanish), ordenar (Spanish), skriva ut (Swedish), припи́сувати (prypýsuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-prescribe-en-verb-kuLr4Yk~ Disambiguation of 'to specify as a required procedure or ritual': 5 91 4
  3. (law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription). Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-prescribe-en-verb-2V0aJTpH Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præscribe [archaic] Derived forms: deprescribe, prescriber Related terms: prescription, prescriptionist, prescriptive, prescriptivism, prescriptivist

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "roman": "kāiyào",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "开药"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "處方"
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          "roman": "chǔfāng",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "处方"
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "kirjoittaa resepti"
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "indiquer"
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "prescrivere"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "ordinare"
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          "alt": "しょほうする",
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          "roman": "shohō suru",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "処方する"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "tūtohi"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "tūtohu"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nosxe neveštan",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "نسخه نوشتن"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "nosxe pičidan",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "نسخه پیچیدن"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przepisywać"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ordynować"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "wydać receptę na (lek)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "prescrever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "receitar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "prescrie"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "ordona"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "propísyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "пропи́сывать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
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          "roman": "naznačátʹ",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "word": "назнача́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "word": "прописи́вати"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "propisívati"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "word": "predpisovať"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ordinovať"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "prescribir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "ordinera"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "förskriva"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "magreseta"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
          "word": "reçete yazmak"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pryznačáty",
          "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
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          "text": "The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.",
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          "ref": "c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
          "text": "Prescribe not us our duties.",
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          "ref": "1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 5:",
          "text": "VVhen Parents loves are order'd by a Son, / Let ſtreams preſcribe their fountains vvhere to run.",
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          "word": "voorskryf"
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "porosis"
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          "word": "أَمَرَ"
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          "roman": "adeś kora",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "আদেশ করা"
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          "roman": "davam predpisanie",
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          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "規定"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guīdìng",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "规定"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
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          "word": "předepisovat"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
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          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "voorschrijven"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "säätää"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "prescrire"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "ordonner"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "vorschreiben"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "verordnen"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "előír"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "mempreskripsikan"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "memerintahkan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "prescrivere"
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          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "ordinare"
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          "alt": "きていする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kitei suru",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "規定する"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "sċrīfan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tajviz kardan",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "تجویز کردن"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nakazywać"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dyktować"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "ustanawiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "ordynować"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "prescrever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "ordenar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "prescrie"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "ordona"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predpísyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "предпи́сывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ustanávlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "устана́вливать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
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          "word": "прописи́вати"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "propisívati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "predpisovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "nariaďovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "prescribir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "ordenar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "word": "skriva ut"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prypýsuvaty",
          "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "припи́сувати"
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          "ref": "1753, Andrew McDouall, An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights […] , volume 3, Table of Contents, page 86:",
          "text": "Most probable that one presentation and 40 years possession thereafter, is sufficient to prescribe a right of patronage.",
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          "ref": "1834, Patrick Shaw, Digest of Cases Decided in the Courts of Session, Teinds, and Justiciary in the House of Lords, 1821–1833 […] , page 135:",
          "text": "[…] held, in a question with a party who had acquired right from the commissioners of the forfeited estates to the estate of the forfeited superior, as it stood in his person, that the crown charter of the vassal was a valid title on which to prescribe a right to the coal […]",
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          "ref": "1987, Joseph Canning, The Political Thought of Baldus de Ubaldis, page 53:",
          "text": "Because of the juristic difficulties associated with the Donation of Constantine, the question of whether the papacy had in any case prescribed its jurisdiction in the patrimony had become a common topic amongst jurists […]",
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      "glosses": [
        "To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority)."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
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        [
          "drug",
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        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "device",
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          "patient",
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          "authority",
          "authority"
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        "(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
          "text": "Prescribe not us our duties.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 5:",
          "text": "VVhen Parents loves are order'd by a Son, / Let ſtreams preſcribe their fountains vvhere to run.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action."
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        [
          "specify",
          "specify"
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1753, Andrew McDouall, An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights […] , volume 3, Table of Contents, page 86:",
          "text": "Most probable that one presentation and 40 years possession thereafter, is sufficient to prescribe a right of patronage.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1834, Patrick Shaw, Digest of Cases Decided in the Courts of Session, Teinds, and Justiciary in the House of Lords, 1821–1833 […] , page 135:",
          "text": "[…] held, in a question with a party who had acquired right from the commissioners of the forfeited estates to the estate of the forfeited superior, as it stood in his person, that the crown charter of the vassal was a valid title on which to prescribe a right to the coal […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Joseph Canning, The Political Thought of Baldus de Ubaldis, page 53:",
          "text": "Because of the juristic difficulties associated with the Donation of Constantine, the question of whether the papacy had in any case prescribed its jurisdiction in the patrimony had become a common topic amongst jurists […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription)."
      ],
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          "law",
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          "claim"
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          "prescription",
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        "(law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈskɹaɪb/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹiːˈskɹaɪb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪb"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "proscribe (in some dialects)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "præscribe"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "voorskryf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "parashkruaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waṣafa",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "وَصَفَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nšanakel",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "նշանակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "errezetatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpisvam",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "предписвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "prescriure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "receptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "開藥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāiyào",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "开药"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "處方"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǔfāng",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "处方"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "předepisovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ordinovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "voorschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "kirjoittaa resepti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "määrätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "prescrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "indiquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "ordonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "verschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "verordnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "felír"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "preskriptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "meresepkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "prescrivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "ordinare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょほうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shohō suru",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "処方する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "tūtohi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "tūtohu"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "hwekeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nosxe neveštan",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "نسخه نوشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nosxe pičidan",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "نسخه پیچیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przepisywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ordynować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "wydać receptę na (lek)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "prescrever"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "receitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "prescrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "ordona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "propísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пропи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naznačátʹ",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "назнача́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прописи́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "propisívati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "predpisovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ordinovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "prescribir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "recetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "ordinera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "förskriva"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "magreseta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "word": "reçete yazmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryznačáty",
      "sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "признача́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "voorskryf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "porosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "urdhëroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔamara",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "أَمَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "adeś kora",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "আদেশ করা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "davam predpisanie",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "давам предписание"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "規定"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guīdìng",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "规定"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "předepisovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nařizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "voorschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "säätää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "määrätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "prescrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "ordonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "vorschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "verordnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "előír"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "mempreskripsikan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "memerintahkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "prescrivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "ordinare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きていする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kitei suru",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "規定する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "sċrīfan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tajviz kardan",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "تجویز کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zarządzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nakazywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dyktować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ustanawiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ordynować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "prescrever"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "ordenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "prescrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "ordona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предпи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustanávlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "устана́вливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прописи́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "propisívati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "predpisovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nariaďovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "prescribir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "ordenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "word": "skriva ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prypýsuvaty",
      "sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "припи́сувати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prescribe"
}

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