Synonyms for prescribe
prɪˈskraɪbpre·scribe

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1. prescribe

   Synonyms:
   enjoin, order, impose, recommend, indicate, decree, dictate

   Antonyms:
   inhibition, prohibit, discountenance, discommend

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1. order, prescribe, dictateverb

   issue commands or orders for

   Synonyms:
   put, govern, ordain, regularise, rate, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, rank, consecrate, enjoin, regulate, tell, order, place, regularize

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1. • Impose

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1. prescribeverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, order, appoint, ordain, dictate, enjoin, decree

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1. List of paraphrases for "prescribe":

   prescribing, prescribed, dictate, stipulate, impose

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1. Joe Simons:

   Ever since he was a little kid, he always wanted a doctors' outfit, he would dress as a doctor because his medicine was love. He would visit family members at the hospital, check their vitals, talk to the nurses and prescribe a special medicine for them : love.

2. Jeff Melvoin:

   That's not painting, that's Paint-By-Numbers. That's therapy for the artistically challenged. That's what they prescribe for cretins in dayrooms.

3. Scott Hadland:

   It's in these areas where many hospitals and doctors are located, and in some cases, where many patients are insured, it makes sense that opioid marketing would be concentrated in areas where doctors can prescribe and where people have insurance to help them purchase medications.

4. Eric Peacock:

   I really believe within about three to four years, when a person is diagnosed with a condition, your physician will prescribe a site like this.

5. Plato:

   Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.