Prescribe

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Prescribe

Prescribe : மருந்து எழுதிக்கொடு

Prescribe : கட்டளையிடு,மருந்து எழுதிக்கொடு

Prescribe definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
  2. To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To give directions; to dictate.
  2. To influence by long use
  3. To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
  4. To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.