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What does prescribe mean?

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Verb
  1. To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
  2. To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
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Professional physicians often prescribe folk therapies such as herbal teas or tinctures and mustard plasters.
Although he does not prescribe medicines, he plays a significant and positive role in healing sick people.
Not every woman tolerates oral contraceptives as well as you do, but doctors frequently prescribe them for hard-to-treat acne.
Mr. Joseph will inspect plants, prescribe fertilizers and pesticides, and suggest measures to revitalise them.
In the United States once a drug is approved doctors who are willing to do so can prescribe it for off-label uses.
He or she may prescribe medicines, depending on the type of symptoms and their severity.

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