Synonyms for prescribe
prɪˈskraɪbpre·scribe

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1. prescribe

   Synonyms:
   enjoin, order, impose, recommend, indicate, decree, dictate

   Antonyms:
   inhibition, prohibit, discountenance, discommend

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1. order, prescribe, dictateverb

   issue commands or orders for

   Synonyms:
   put, govern, ordain, regularise, rate, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, rank, consecrate, enjoin, regulate, tell, order, place, regularize

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1. • Impose

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1. prescribeverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, order, appoint, ordain, dictate, enjoin, decree

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1. List of paraphrases for "prescribe":

   prescribing, prescribed, dictate, stipulate, impose

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1. Fed Governor Lael Brainard:

   Notwithstanding the fact that the law does not prescribe broad structural changes, some observers may judge whether reform has gone far enough based on the extent of changes in the scope or scale of the U.S. systemic banking institutions relative to the crisis.

2. Edward Hook:

   Health care providers have a long tradition of being hesitant to prescribe to people they haven't seen, there is a certain skepticism.

3. Robert F. Kennedy:

   The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

4. Jeff Melvoin:

   That's not painting, that's Paint-By-Numbers. That's therapy for the artistically challenged. That's what they prescribe for cretins in dayrooms.

5. Amy Conners:

   There are no restrictions on Dr. Schulenberg's medical license, and contrary to headlines and media reports published in the wake of today's unsealing of search warrants relating to the investigation, Dr. Schulenberg never directly prescribed opioids to Prince, nor did he ever prescribe opioids to any other person with the intent that they would be given to Prince.