Versed vs Prescribed - What's the difference?
versed | prescribed |
knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced
* Milton
* Southey
* Macaulay
(prescribe)
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
As an adjective versed
is knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.As a verb prescribed is
(prescribe).versed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- deep versed in books and shallow in himself
- opinions derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age
- These men were versed in the details of business.
See also
* versed sineAnagrams
*prescribed
English
Verb
(head)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)- The doctor prescribed aspirin.
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.