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Prescribe vs Desribe - What's the difference?

prescribe | desribe |

prescribe

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Usage notes

* The pronunciation with the stressed first syllable is normally used only when added distinction from (proscribe) is required.

Verb

(prescrib)
  • To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
    • The doctor prescribed aspirin.
  • To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Prescribe not us our duties.
  • * Dryden
    • Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.

    Related terms

    * prescription * prescriptive * prescriptivism * prescriptivist

    See also

    * proscribe English transitive verbs ----

    desribe

    Not English

    Desribe has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'desribe':

    deserve, describe, disrobe, descrive, disserve, desirive, diserve