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What is the verb for prescription?

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prescribe
  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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  4. Examples:
    1. “He started to prescribe aspirin in low doses.”
      “Mr. Joseph will inspect plants, prescribe fertilizers and pesticides, and suggest measures to revitalise them.”
      “It does not prescribe any one method but provides a framework to help a business find the best way for achieving success.”
prescribes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prescribe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The doctor prescribes treatment to a patient, with self administration supervised by the nurse.”
      “What doesn't get manhandled out gets washed out with whatever purgative their employer prescribes.”
      “He prescribes purgative medicines to act as eccoprotics, to excite but not to stimulate the bowels.”
prescribeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of prescribe
prescribest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of prescribe
prescribed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prescribe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A prescribed warm-down after each swim would be the most beneficial, along with massage at the end of the day's events.”
      “In severe cases an antiviral drug called acyclovir may be prescribed early on in the infection.”
      “Try to avoid chewing khat late at night, and never take sleeping pills unless prescribed by your doctor.”
prescribing
  1. present participle of prescribe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In emergency situations, the prescription order must be countersigned by the prescribing physician or dentist within 72 hours.”
      “There is no evidence for prescribing combinations of topical steroids and antimicrobials over steroids alone.”
      “A potential complication, dystonic reactions-oculogyric crisis, must be considered when prescribing anti-emetics.”
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