Prescribing
[pri'skraibɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr & vb. n.) of Prescribe
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- After prescribing for Rachel, he said he wished to speak to me privately in another room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Reason first appears in possession of the throne, prescribing laws, and imposing maxims, with an absolute sway and authority. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In prescribing meats and drinks would he wish to go beyond another physician or beyond the practice of medicine? Plato. The Republic.
- Politics is not concerned with prescribing the ultimate qualities of life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Ruth