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All prescribe synonyms

pre·scribe
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verb prescribe

  • fixed price — a price established by a seller, by agreement or by authority, as the price to be charged invariably.
  • lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • mix it up — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
  • lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • hogtie — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
  • dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
  • fine tune — to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
  • advise — If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
  • circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
  • clue in — anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
  • formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
  • corking — excellent
  • blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
  • call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • formalised — Simple past tense and past participle of formalise.
  • limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
  • deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
  • impose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
  • command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • establish — Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
  • lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • have at — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • formalized — Simple past tense and past participle of formalize.
  • indenturing — Present participle of indenture.
  • go at — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
  • circumstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate.
  • ordain — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • kibitz — to act as a kibitzer.
  • dosing — a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
  • delimitate — delimit.
  • contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
  • counsel — Counsel is advice.
  • frocking — a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
  • call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
  • instruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
  • disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
  • edit — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
  • order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
  • define — to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
  • call a spade a spade — to speak plainly and frankly
  • decree — A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
  • enjoin — Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
  • formalize — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
  • warn — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
  • kibitzing — to act as a kibitzer.
  • boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
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