prescribed
(adjective) set down as a rule or guide
positive, prescribed
(adjective) formally laid down or imposed; “positive laws”
official, prescribed
(adjective) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; “in prescribed order”
appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed
(adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command; “at the time appointed (or the appointed time)”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prescribed
simple past tense and past participle of prescribe
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing.] Etym: [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
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. Prescribe not us our duties. Shak. Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. Dryden.
2. (Med.)
Definition: To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
Syn.
– To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish.
Pre*scribe", v. i.
1. To give directions; to dictate. A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. Locke.
2. To influence by long use [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3. (Med.)
Definition: To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
4. (Law)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
