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guide
To direct the course of; steer:
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  1. To direct the course of; steer:
  2. To point out the way for; direct on a course; conduct; lead
  3. To serve as a guide for; conduct.
order
To put or keep in order; organize; arrange
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  1. To put or keep in order; organize; arrange
  2. To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.
  3. To request to be supplied with:
appoint
To set (a date, place, etc.); decide upon officially; decree
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  1. To set (a date, place, etc.); decide upon officially; decree
  2. (Law) To decide the disposition of (property) by special authority
  3. (Law) To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed.
designate
To give a name or title to; characterize:
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  1. To give a name or title to; characterize:
  2. To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose:
  3. To indicate or specify; point out:
direct
To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of:
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  1. To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of:
  2. To supervise the performance of:
  3. In a direct manner; directly
decree
To order, establish, or decide by decree:
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  1. To order, establish, or decide by decree:
  2. To order, decide, or appoint by decree or officially
  3. To issue a decree; ordain
dictate
To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another:
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  1. To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another:
  2. To speak or read (something) aloud for someone else to write down
  3. To impose or give (orders) with or as with authority
fix
(--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
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  1. (--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
  2. To assign; attribute:
  3. To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means:
impose
To arrange (pages of type or plates) in a frame in the proper order of printing
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  1. To arrange (pages of type or plates) in a frame in the proper order of printing
  2. To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail:
  3. To force oneself on or take unfair advantage of others:
ordain
To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on:
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  1. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on:
  2. To order or decree by virtue of superior authority:
  3. (Obs.) To put in order; arrange; prepare
Find another word for prescribe. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for prescribe, like: guide, order, appoint, designate, direct, write a prescription, write directions to a pharmacist, command, decree, dictate and fix.

Sentence Examples

  • The Mahommedan doctors of India are accustomed to prescribe the seeds.

  • Such a mode of procedure may be called anticipatio naturae (for in it reason is allowed to prescribe to things), and is opposed to the true method, the interpretatio naturae, in which reason follows and obeys nature, discovering her secrets by obedience and submission to rule.

  • Power was also given to prescribe uniform systems of accounts for all classes of carriers, and to employ special examiners to inspect the books and accounts.

  • I will prescribe both a topical and and oral medication; use both once a day.

  • Subsidiary to metaphysics, as the central inquiry, stand the sciences of logic and ethics, to which may be added aesthetics, constituting three normative sciences - sciences, that is, which do not, primarily, describe facts, but rather prescribe ends or set forth ideals.

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