prescribe
verb (used with object)
to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
prescriber
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a word derived from
prescribe.
Example Sentences
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During the appointment, Sawyer offered to inject up to a litre of filler, provided prescription-only medicines without a prescription being issued and suggested administering local anaesthetic without a prescriber present.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Let a prescriber use her medical judgment to treat a patient.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Are the potential effects of that a risk the prescriber and patient are willing to take on?
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
Over the last decade and a half, the critic’s role has evolved from that of an arbiter to a kind of prescriber.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
If there is any virtue at all in magnetic, mental and spiritual healing, the homeopathic remedy must be an effective agency for transmitting magnetic, mental and psychic healing forces from prescriber to patient.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
