prescribe

Definitions of prescribe in various dictionaries:

verb - issue commands or orders for

To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin.

To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).

To establish rules, laws, or directions.

To order a medicine or other treatment.

Law.

To assert a right or title to something on the grounds of prescription.

To become invalidated or unenforceable by the process of prescription.