Prescribe vs Point_out - What's the difference?
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To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
(idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.
(figuratively, idiomatic) To tell, remind, indicate.
As verbs the difference between prescribe and point_out
is that prescribe is to order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient while point_out is to identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.prescribe
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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)- The doctor prescribed aspirin.
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
See also
* proscribe English transitive verbs ----point_out
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Verb
- He pointed out the little brown bird in the tree.
- She pointed out the two drummers in the class.
- I would just like to point out that we need to finish our meeting by 9 o'clock.