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