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"text": "The doctor prescribed aspirin.",
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"To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority)."
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"device",
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"(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority)."
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "voorskryf"
},
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "parashkruaj"
},
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"roman": "waṣafa",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "وَصَفَ"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nšanakel",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "նշանակել"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "errezetatu"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predpisvam",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "предписвам"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "prescriure"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "receptar"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "開藥"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāiyào",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "开药"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "處方"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǔfāng",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "处方"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "předepisovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ordinovat"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "voorschrijven"
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{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "kirjoittaa resepti"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "määrätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "prescrire"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "indiquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "ordonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "verschreiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "verordnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "felír"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "preskriptar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "meresepkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "prescrivere"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "ordinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "tūtohi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "tūtohu"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "hwekeza"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nosxe neveštan",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "نسخه نوشتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nosxe pičidan",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "نسخه پیچیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
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"word": "przepisywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "ordynować"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "wydać receptę na (lek)"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "prescrever"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "receitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "prescrie"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "ordona"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propísyvatʹ",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пропи́сывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naznačátʹ",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назнача́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прописи́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
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"word": "propisívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "predpisovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ordinovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "prescribir"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "recetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "ordinera"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "förskriva"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "magreseta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"word": "reçete yazmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryznačáty",
"sense": "to order a drug or medical device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признача́ти"
}
]
},
{
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{
"text": "The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"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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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "voorskryf"
},
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "porosis"
},
{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "urdhëroj"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔamara",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "أَمَرَ"
},
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "adeś kora",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "আদেশ করা"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "davam predpisanie",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "давам предписание"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "規定"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guīdìng",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "规定"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "předepisovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nařizovat"
},
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"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "voorschrijven"
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{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "säätää"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "määrätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "prescrire"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "ordonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "vorschreiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "verordnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "előír"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "mempreskripsikan"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "memerintahkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "prescrivere"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "ordinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tajviz kardan",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "تجویز کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
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"word": "zarządzać"
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"_dis1": "5 91 4",
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"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nakazywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dyktować"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ustanawiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ordynować"
},
{
"_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"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "prescrie"
},
{
"_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"
],
"word": "предпи́сывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustanávlivatʹ",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "устана́вливать"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прописи́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "propisívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "predpisovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to specify as a required procedure or ritual",
"word": "skriva ut"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 91 4",
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"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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