prescribe
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prescribe
verb administer, advocate, bid, charge, command, conduct, control, decide, decree, demand, dictate, direct, enjoin, exact, exercise authority, give a directive, give a mandate, give an order, give direccions, guide, impose, instruct, issue an order, lay out, lead, mandate, mark out, ordain, order, pilot, praescribere, preeail over, proclaim, regulate, require, set, steer, write a prescriptionAssociated concepts: prescribe remedies, prescribed by law
See also: administer, admonish, advise, advocate, allocate, approve, assign, authorize, call, caution, command, compel, conduct, constitute, counsel, decree, define, demand, designate, detail, dictate, direct, drug, enact, enforce, establish, govern, impose, instruct, order, pass, recommend, require, rule, urge