prescribe

verb

1. issue commands or orders for

Similar word(s): dictate, order

Definition categories: communication, impose, inflict, visit

2. recommend as beneficial

- my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills

Definition categories: communication, advocate, recommend, urge

3. (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription

- the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble

Definition categories: communication, enjoin, order, say, tell