'Prescribed' definitions:
Definition of 'prescribed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Set down as a rule or guide
adjective
Fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed]
adjective
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" [syn: official, prescribed]
adjective
Formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn: positive, prescribed]
Definition of 'Prescribed'
From: GCIDE
- Prescribe \Pre*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prescribed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- authoritative,
- binding,
- bound,
- bounded,
- canonical,
- conditioned,
- confined,
- conformable,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- copyrighted,
- cramped,
- current,
- customary,
- dictated,
- didactic,
- disciplined,
- established,
- everyday,
- familiar,
- finite,
- formulary,
- generally accepted,
- hard and fast,
- instructive,
- limited,
- mandatory,
- moderated,
- narrow,
- normal,
- obtaining,
- official,
- ordinary,
- patented,
- popular,
- preceptive,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- prevalent,
- proscribed,
- qualified,
- received,
- regular,
- regulation,
- restricted,
- rubric,
- set,
- standard,
- statutory,
- stock,
- strait,
- straitened,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- usual,
- widespread,
- wonted