adjective
set down as a rule or guide
adjective
fixed or established especially by order or command
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- at the time appointed (or the appointed time)
adjective
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
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- in prescribed order
adjective
formally laid down or imposed
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- positive laws
verb
issue commands or orders for
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verb
recommend as beneficial
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- my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills
verb
(medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
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- the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble