"prescribing" in the verb sense
1. order, prescribe, dictate
issue commands or orders for
2. prescribe
recommend as beneficial
"my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills"
3. prescribe
medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
"the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble"
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