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Synonyms of prescribe in English:

prescribe


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See Spanish definition of recetar

verb

1‘your doctor may prescribe an antibiotic’

SYNONYMS
order, advise, authorize, direct

2‘traditional values prescribe a life of domesticity’

SYNONYMS
advise, recommend, advocate, commend, urge, suggest, subscribe to, endorse, support, back, champion, argue for, promote

3‘two rules prescribe the nature of that duty’

SYNONYMS
stipulate, lay down, dictate, specify, impose, set down, determine, establish, fix, formulate, appoint, decree, order, command, pronounce, ordain, require, direct, enjoin, make provision for, promulgate