Overview of verb prescribe

The verb prescribe has 1 sense

• order, prescribe, dictate -- (issue commands or orders for)

Overview of adj prescribed

The adj prescribed has 4 senses

• prescribed -- (set down as a rule or guide)


• appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed -- (fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time"))


• official, prescribed -- (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order")


• positive, prescribed -- (formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws")