English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of prescribe

prescribe

/verb/ हुक्म देना; आज्ञा देना; हुक्म चलाना; नुसख़ा लिखना; विहित करना; निर्धारित करना; औषध-निर्देशन;

Synonym ordain; let; dictate; determine;

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English Dictionary:

1. Prescribe

[v. i.]

- To give directions; to dictate.
- To influence by long use
- To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
- 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.

2. Prescribe

[v. t.]

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